ICC Appeals Court reverses lower court in favor of Israel

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Source: Jerusalem Post

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court on Thursday reversed the November 2024 ruling of the ICC lower court against Israel's jurisdictional objections to the issuing of arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The decision sends the jurisdictional fight back to the ICC lower court to more fully explore Israel's jurisdictional objections to the arrest warrants and to the ICC's intervention into Israel's conduct of the current war in Gaza more generally.

"The decision of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to order a hearing on Israel's claims that the court lacks jurisdiction to deal with the issue at hand illustrates the injustice done to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the former Minister of Defense, when the court issued ridiculous orders without having the authority to do so," sources close to the prime minister said.

According to the ICC Appeals Court, "Israel’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to article 19(2) of the Statute should not have been dismissed as premature.

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