Israel reacts with fury over arrest warrants for prime minister and former defence minister
Israel’s position has always held that the rulings of the international criminal court do not apply to it, as it is not a member. Foreign minister Gideon Saar on Thursday said that it had “issued absurd orders with no authority” against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant because “Israel is not a member of the court.
” In its announcement today, the court specifically addressed the legitimacy of it making a ruling, writing: The Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe that during the relevant time, international humanitarian law related to international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine applied. This is because they are two High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and because Israel occupies at least parts of Palestine.
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