According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
In the news site Walla, analyst Ben Caspit writes that Netanyahu is “under unusual stress” over the prospect of an arrest warrant against him and other Israelis by the UN tribunal in The Hague, which would be a major deterioration in Israel’s international status.
Netanyahu is leading a “nonstop push over the telephone” to prevent an arrest warrant, focused especially on the administration of US President Joe Biden, Caspit writes.
Haaretz analyst Amos Harel writes that the Israeli government is working under the assumption that the ICC’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, may this week issue warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.
Both countries didn’t join the ICC. There are obvious reasons for that - They know about being guilty. Keep in mind that the US is going after Assange not because he published some arbitrary “secrets” - he published evidence of American war crimes that the US army wanted to hush up.
I think, arrest warrants for Netanyahu and quite a number of people in the IDF are simply appropriate. The ICC is no political cangaroo court, and it would not charge or convict someone without evidence. Especially not a prominent figure.
Which is probably the reason why
2014 TheGuardian - Hamas declares support for Palestinian bid to join international criminal court