.Israel’s government is regarded that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will certainly provide detention warrants versus senior Israeli authorities in regard to the war in Gaza. Those under suspicion can consist of Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, participants of his kitchen cabinet as well as generals in the Israel Support Troop. The ICC possesses certainly not said it is actually considering such a step.
Yet Mr Netanyahu really felt the threat serious enough to condition on April 30th that any warrant “would certainly be a shock of historical portions”. The ICC’s chief district attorney, Karim Khan, notified that dangers to “retaliate” against the courtroom can weaken its own impartiality. On what reasons would the ICC concern such warrants, and what would certainly be the consequences?