Because of the Gaza war
International arrest warrant against Netanyahu
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday requested an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of the terrorist organization Hamas, Jihia al-Sinwar.
In its statement, the authority said that there were "reasonable grounds to believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Joav Gallant bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity".
Sinwar is also accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
"No one is above the law"
This is the first time in the history of the ICC that an arrest warrant has been issued for the head of government of a state allied with the USA. In an interview with the news channel CNN, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan declared: "No one is above the law."
Khan listed the following crimes in connection with Hamas: Murder, hostage-taking, rape and sexual violence against hostages. The 54-year-old Scotsman named "starvation as a means of warfare, denial of humanitarian aid to the suffering civilian population and targeted attacks on the civilian population" as crimes that he accuses Israel of.
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