Should Benjamin Netanyahu be prosecuted? The Sunak government tried to stop it happening, but now the Starmer administration must decide where it stands.
Back in May, the prosecutor of the international criminal court applied for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu for war crimes involving the indiscriminate bombing of civilians – more than 15,000 children have been killed so far – and the starvation of citizens in Gaza.
It is down to the court to decide whether the evidence is sufficient to put him on trial. But Sunak’s government, on behalf of the UK, has quietly tried to stop the court by announcing its intention to argue that Israel has impunity in Gaza, and can commit any war crime there that it chooses. This was a disgraceful initiative, but the ICC has now given Starmer’s government the opportunity to decide whether or not it wishes to continue this intervention. If it does, this will be its first big moral mistake…..more
