EU’s Borrell: Members Would Have to Arrest Netanyahu

On Monday, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan applied for warrants for “Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and War Minister Yoav Gallant accusing them of “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

The European Union has taken “note” of the move, Borrell acknowledged in a post on X [formerly Twitter].

“The mandate of the ICC, as an independent international institution, is to prosecute the most serious crimes under international law,” Borrell wrote, insisting that “All States that have ratified the ICC statutes are bound to execute the Court’s decisions.”

Even though the prosecutor has requested arrest warrants, it may take months of deliberations before a three-judge panel decides whether to issue them or not.