UK’s Starmer might defer to ICC over war crime charges against Netanyahu

Published July 25, 2024 5:32pm ET



British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is “looking at” withdrawing a legal argument lodged by the United Kingdom’s previous leadership against the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office acknowledged Thursday.

“It is for the prosecutor and the court to make a decision,” a spokeswoman in Starmer’s office told British media. “Now, with regard to the previous government’s proposals around a submission, we are looking at that but I don’t have any further updates.”

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