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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

No 10 fears ICC will ask UK to sign Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu close-up
The international criminal court issued a request for an arrest warrant on 20 May against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes committed in Gaza. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

Downing Street fears it is to be asked to support the issue of an international criminal court (ICC) arrest warrant for the Israeli leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Such support would have to be given at a time when it has not proscribed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the UK. There are concerns among some Foreign Office officials whether the position is politically sustainable.

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