The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has released a statement on his application for the arrest warrants of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, for war crimes. Karim Khan KC previously said there were reasonable grounds to believe that both men bore criminal responsibility for war […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s foreign minister said on Monday a request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defence minister was “scandalous” and tantamount to attacking the victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 raid. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and three leaders of […]
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war. Karim Khan said that he believes Mr Netanyahu; his defence minister, Yoav Gallant; and three Hamas leaders: Yehya […]
(Reuters) – Following are key details from the statement by Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on his request for arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas: In a statement, Khan said that based on evidence examined by his office he had sought warrants against Yahya Sinwar, political leader of […]
Twelve GOP senators vowed to go after the UN court that prosecutes individuals for war crimes if it issues an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with his relentless military campaign in Gaza. In a letter that was first reported by Zeteo, the Republican senators, led by Sen. Tom Cotton of […]
A dozen GOP senators threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions if the body moves forward with an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other Israeli leaders. The ICC has reportedly considered a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest for weeks as accusations rise of war crimes in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply criticized the possible issuing of arrest warrants against him and other Israelis by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. If the court were to issue the warrants, it would be an “unprecedented anti-Semitic hate crime,” Netanyahu said in a video address on Tuesday. Such a step […]
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court have interviewed staff from Gaza’s two biggest hospitals, two sources told Reuters, the first confirmation that ICC investigators were speaking to medics about possible crimes in the Gaza Strip. The sources, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials on Monday appeared to be increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders, as international pressure mounts over its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and into Monday killed at least […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ministers and officials from dozens of countries are gathering in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a conference on restoring justice in Ukraine, as the war sparked by Russia’s invasion drags on in its third devastating year. Among speakers will be the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, which has […]
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin has issued an official comment in response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants for two Russian generals, Sergey Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov. Source: statement on the website of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine; European Pravda Quote from Kostin: “Today we once again saw justice […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, an army lieutenant general and a navy admiral, are the two men named by the ICC. This is the second round of warrants for Russian officials related to the war in […]