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Palestinian rights group seeks arrest warrant for Israel’s FM
The Hind Rajab Foundation says it has formally submitted a request to the British Attorney General and Director of Public Prosecutions in order to apply for an arrest warrant for Israel’s foreign minister.
Saar was in London on Tuesday for talks with his British counterpart, David Lammy, Israeli media reported.
The foundation said in a statement that it was seeking the arrest warrant due to allegations Saar “aided and abetted torture and grave breaches of international humanitarian law in Palestine including torture, willful killing and extensive destruction of property”.
It said the allegations focus largely on the Israeli military siege on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza in late 2024, which led to the arrest and abuse of the facility’s director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh.
“Gideon Saar cannot walk freely in London while Palestinian civilians lie buried under rubble,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, the foundation’s founder and chair, adding that Saar’s “role in the starvation, displacement, and killing of innocent people in Gaza demands accountability”.
Blocking Gaza aid ‘clear example of genocidal intent’
Lara Elborno, an international lawyer, explains that Israel’s blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza “is an example of collective punishment, which is absolutely prohibited under international law”.
“It’s also a clear example of genocidal intent and genocidal action,” Elborno told Al Jazeera, adding that “genocide is about the creation of conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of a group of people, in whole or in part”.
“And clearly, depriving a displaced population, which has been bombarded almost daily for the last 18 months, of food, water, medicine, and shelter cannot be framed in any other way than a policy designed to destroy the Palestinian people’s chance at life.”
ICC asks Hungary for info on failure to arrest Netanyahu
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested submissions from Hungary over its decision not to carry out an arrest warrant during the Israeli prime minister’s visit to the European country earlier this month.
The ICC said it sent Hungary a “request for the provisional arrest” of Netanyahu on April 3.
Last year, the court issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, over their role in alleged war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.
Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban, a close ally of Netanyahu, had rejected the ICC warrants. He said this month that his government planned to withdraw from the international tribunal over its stance towards Israel.
The ICC gave Hungary until May 23 to provide submissions in the proceedings, which have been launched under article 78(7) of the Rome Statute that governs the court.
May 23? No rush. Fucking useless courts. The ICC should be issuing arrest warrants for Ben G'Vir, Katz, Trump, Biden and so on.
At least 15 killed after Israeli forces bomb tents in southern Gaza
At least 15 people, most of them women and children, have been killed after an Israeli strike on tents for displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza’s civil defence said. The bombing caused fires in the area, leading to people also being burned, it added.
Six more killed in Israeli attacks on tents in Gaza
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting more Israeli assaults on tents housing displaced people in Gaza, this time in Beit Lahiya. At least six Palestinians from one family were killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a tent.
