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Al Jazeera
Politics
Edna Mohamed

Will the UK drop objection to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, southern England, on July 18, 2024 [Justin Tallis/Pool via AFP]

The United Kingdom’s new Labour government faces a key test of its foreign policy towards Gaza ahead of a deadline for a potential legal challenge against arrest warrants the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking for Israel’s top leaders.

In May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes committed during Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. He also sought warrants for three leaders of the Palestinian group Hamas over alleged war crimes committed during the October 7 attacks on southern Israel.

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