How much of a blow is ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu?

Israel has dismissed the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and hisformer defence minister, Yoav Gallant. Leaders across the country’s political spectrum called it “outrageous” and “antisemitic”.

The Hague-based court said in its statement yesterday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant each bear criminal responsibility for “the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare” and “crimes against humanity of murder, persecution and other inhuman acts”.

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