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UK won’t challenge ICC arrest warrant request for Netanyahu, Gallant

The new Labour government of Keir Starmer has decided against seeking a block on arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant [File: Abir Sultan/Pool via Reuters]

The United Kingdom has said it will not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

“On the ICC submission … I can confirm the government will not be pursuing [the proposal] in line with our longstanding position that this is a matter for the court to decide on,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson told reporters on Friday.

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