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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor, in Poland

Labour expected to drop challenge to ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant

a group of Palestinian men walk on the rubble and debris of a school damaged by an airstrike; other damaged buildings and smoke can be seen in the background under a blue sky.
A school in Gaza City was hit by a Israeli attack on 7 July 2024. Keir Starmer set out the ‘clear and urgent’ need for a ceasefire in his conversation with Israeli PM. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

The new Labour government is expected to drop a bid to delay the international criminal court (ICC) reaching a decision on whether to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

The development came as Keir Starmer, the new UK prime minister, told the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, that he believed the Palestinians had an undeniable right to a Palestinian state. Starmer spoke to Abbas on Sunday about the “ongoing suffering and devastating loss of life” in Gaza.

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