
Amal Clooney, a prominent Lebanese human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, played a significant role in persuading the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This development comes as her husband, actor George Clooney, is scheduled to host a fundraising event for President Biden next month.
Clooney, along with other advocates, successfully convinced ICC prosecutors to pursue charges against Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The accusations include the use of starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution, and extermination.