.Israel’s government is concerned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will certainly issue apprehension warrants against elderly Israeli authorities in connection with the battle in Gaza. Those on trial could possibly feature Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, participants of his cabinet as well as generals in the Israel Protection Forces. The ICC has certainly not said it is considering such a technique.
Yet Mr Netanyahu really felt the danger major enough to state on April 30th that any kind of warrant “will be actually an indignation of historical portions”. The ICC’s principal prosecutor, Karim Khan, notified that threats to “strike back” versus the court could possibly undermine its own impartiality. About what reasons would the ICC issue such warrants, as well as what would be actually the effects?