Expert Explains: Why the ICC Prosecutor has asked for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu, and what could happen now Warrants have also been sought for three Hamas leaders and Israel's Defence Minister. All five men have been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Does this mean Benjamin Netanyahu can now be arrested? :-The Indian Express

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to his Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem May 20, 2024. (REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun)

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday (May 20) requested arrest warrants against leaders of Hamas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel about the October 7, 2023 attacks and the war in Palestine.Netanyahu called the request “absurd” and the Prosecutor, Karim Khan, one of the “great anti-Semites in modern times”. Hamas demanded a cancellation of the warrants.