.Israel’s authorities is actually worried that the International Bad Guy Court (ICC) in The Hague will definitely issue apprehension warrants against senior Israeli representatives in relation to the war in Gaza. Those on trial could include Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s head of state, participants of his kitchen cabinet and generals in the Israel Defence Forces. The ICC possesses certainly not claimed it is actually thinking about such a move.
Yet Mr Netanyahu felt the risk severe sufficient to condition on April 30th that any warrant “will be actually an indignation of historical proportions”. The ICC’s principal prosecutor, Karim Khan, warned that threats to “strike back” against the court can weaken its own impartiality. On what grounds will the ICC concern such warrants, and also what would be the effects?