(May 23, 2024 / JNS) - Germany will detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant against him, a German government spokesman said Wednesday.

Asked by reporters in Berlin if Germany would execute an ICC warrant against Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Steffen Hebestreit, a spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said, “Of course. Yes, we abide by the law,” Politico reported.

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      7 months ago

      The US – like Russia and China and a couple more countries – doesnt recognize to the ICC.

      • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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        47 months ago

        Mostly so we can keep committing war crimes with impunity.

      • @wildcardology
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        47 months ago

        Well almost all of the modern day presidents of the US are war criminals, why would they join the ICC?