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Geoffrey Robertson

Labour faces its first moral test in power. Will it protect Netanyahu from being prosecuted by the ICC?

An anti-government demonstration by activists in Tel Aviv on 6 July 2024.
‘Israel’s argument, adopted (so far) by the UK, is that Palestine is precluded from prosecuting Israelis.’ An anti-government protest in Tel Aviv on 6 July 2024. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty

Should Benjamin Netanyahu be prosecuted? The Sunak government tried to stop it happening, but now the Starmer administration must decide where it stands.

Back in May, the prosecutor of the international criminal court applied for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu for war crimes involving the indiscriminate bombing of civilians – more than 15,000 children have been killed so far – and the starvation of citizens in Gaza.

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