Will the UK drop objection to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu?
Al JazeeraThe prosector of International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrant for Israeli PM over alleged crimes during the war on Gaza. The United Kingdom’s new Labour government faces a key test of its foreign policy towards Gaza ahead of a deadline for a potential legal challenge against arrest warrants the International Criminal Court is seeking for Israel’s top leaders. In May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes committed during Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. After the ICC prosecutor’s announcement in May, David Lammy, who would become foreign secretary weeks later in the Labour government, said his party supported the court as the “cornerstone of the international legal system … whether it is in Ukraine, Sudan, Syria or Gaza”. “Labour’s position is that the ICC chief prosecutor’s decision to apply for arrest warrants is an independent matter for the court and the prosecutor.” Days later, Starmer also announced that if Labour won the elections, it would recognise a Palestinian state and reiterated that a two-state solution was essential to secure lasting peace in the region.