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ICC suspends prosecutor Karim Khan following sexual misconduct investigation

The court's governing body's executive bureau has ruled Khan had committed serious misconduct following an 18-month-long probe into accusations

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Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks while waiting for former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to appear via video link before the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.

Israel’s policy on the future of Gaza, West Bank - opinion

But what is Israel’s long-term policy in the Gaza Strip? There was short-lived enthusiasm both by Netanyahu and the rest of the government about Trump’s Middle East Riviera program in Feb 2025.

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Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

South Africa’s ICJ delay request may ease pressure on Israel - analysis

South Africa’s request for an 18 month extension could delay further ICJ hearings in its genocide case against Israel until 2029 or 2030.

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IDF Military Advocate General (MAG) Maj. Gen. Itay Offir.

Israel under 'unprecedented delegitimization attacks' from several global tribunals, IDF MAG says

To date, Offir's first major public decision was to withdraw indictments against five IDF soldiers who were indicted in the saga of the alleged beating of a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Romanian presidential candidates divided over Netanyahu ICC arrest warrant

Romania's presidential race has a new issue dividing voters: whether or not to invite Prime Minister Netanyahu while he has an active ICC arrest warrant.

MAY 10, 2025ByELDAD BECK
Nicusor Dan listens while attending a presidential debate alongside George Simion, in Bucharest, Romania, May 8, 2025.

ICC chief prosecutor warned against publicizing new arrest requests for Israelis - report

Two sources told the British daily that Khan was readying to issue new requests for order against alleged Israeli suspects. 

APRIL 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

Why Israel’s ICJ boycott could undermine its recent legal winning streak - analysis

Despite recent court victories, Israel’s ICJ boycott over Gaza aid hearings could muddy its global image.

APRIL 28, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

UN's Guterres is whitewashing UNRWA's part in October 7 massacre, Israeli FM says

"At this very moment, the ICJ is beginning deliberations in another shameful proceeding against Israel," Sa'ar said.

APRIL 28, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accuses UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of whitewashing UNRWA's alleged terror ties, April 28, 2025.

If Moses freed the Jews today, the UN would condemn him as a war criminal - opinion

The International Criminal Court would issue arrest warrants charging the Israelite leaders with genocide and other versions of the blood libel.

APRIL 11, 2025ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
UNITED NATIONS High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a news conference in Damascus, in January. The UN would have condemned Moses and Aaron as war criminals, says the writer.

Neutralizing the ICC with a European non-collaboration pledge - opinion

Trump could secure an enforceable pledge from European countries never to collaborate with the ICC or with any lawfare efforts targeting the US or the Jewish state.

APRIL 10, 2025ByGOL KALEV
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

Ex-NSC chief Ben Shabbat: Road to dethroning Hamas in Gaza could require temporary chaos

Top Israeli lawyers debate if ICC can be reasoned with over war crimes debate.

APRIL 8, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Meir Ben Shabbat is seen at the Knesset on November 6, 2018.

British lawyers file war crimes complaint against 10 British citizens who served in IDF

Attorney Michael Mansfield and six other lawyers reportedly filed a 240-page report allegedly implicating the UK citizens dual-nationals in “involvement” in war crimes,

APRIL 7, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
IDF troops operating in northern Gaza, April 4, 2025.

Belgian PM says he would ignore Netanyahu ICC arrest warrant, cites 'realpolitik'

"I don't think there is a single European country that would arrest Netanyahu if he were on its territory, " he continued.

APRIL 7, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
(L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever over a backdrop of the ICC.

Netanyahu heads to US, set for talks with Trump on tariffs, Gaza, hostages

The two will discuss issues including the hostage crisis, finishing the war in Gaza, and tariffs that were recently imposed by the Trump administration on Israel.

APRIL 6, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, leaves Hungary for the US on April 6, 2025.