Israel fears the ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other senior officials

Israeli authorities fear that the International Criminal Court (CPI) this week issues arrest warrants against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthe Minister of Defense, Yoav Galanteand the head of the Army, Herzl Haleviconsidering that they did not do enough to stop the violations committed by their troops against Palestinian civilians, reports the newspaper Haaretz.

According to the Israeli newspaper, both Justice ministrywhile Army lawyers try to prevent this from happening and, furthermore, Netanyahuthe Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dremesand friendly countries Israelwith U.S Ahead, they try to convince the attorney general of CPI, Karim Khanto delay or even prevent the issuance of court orders.

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Israeli government sources, which Haaretz does not identify, they consider that the arrest warrants could be delivered to Netanyahu, Gallant and Halevi one day this week and that lower-ranking employees would not be affected.

Israellike other countries like state Joined, Russia o Iran does not recognize the authority of the CPIbut the 123 countries that recognize it would be obliged to detain these individuals and hand them over to the Hague court if an arrest warrant is issued for them and they enter their territories.

On the other hand, according to former Israeli Deputy Attorney General Roy Schondorfcited by Haaretzissuing arrest warrants could lead to measures against Israel, such as an arms embargo or economic sanctions.

The newspaper highlights some of the statements made over 206 days by several of the country’s highest officials, such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz which required the cut of supply in the Gaza strip arguing that “This is what child killers deserve.”

During the 206 days of war, the Israeli army killed more than 34,400 Palestinians and brought Gaza into a catastrophic situation, destroying all types of civil infrastructure and basic services.

The Palestinian group Hamas is currently studying the latest truce proposal presented by Israel for an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

Israel warned that this is the last attempt to reach an agreement before a ground invasion of Rafawhere 1.4 million Palestinians are crowded.

O United Nations Office to the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (THE TEA) has warned on several occasions that any planned Israeli military offensive against the densely populated province of Rafa at the Gaza strip could constitute “war crimes”.

Source: Elcomercio

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