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Hungary says ICC warrant against Israel’s Netanyahu ‘unacceptable’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: AP The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel’s Prime Minister is “unacceptable” and could not be enforced in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Chief of Staff said on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas told a news briefing that, although Hungary ratified the Rome Statute…

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Decoding the ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Hamas leaders: Explained

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The story so far: After seven months of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which has killed 35,000 Palestinians, devastated the region and triggered a humanitarian crisis, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday applied for arrest warrants for Hamas and Israel leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over alleged…

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Israel tries to contain fallout after some allies support ICC warrant plea

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Israel sought on May 21 to contain the fallout from a request by the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, a move supported by three European countries, including key ally France. Belgium, Slovenia and France each said Monday they backed the decision by International…

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