G7 foreign ministers meet to discuss Israeli PM’s arrest warrant by ICC
G7 Foreign ministers are set for a meeting to reach a common position on the recent arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court of Justice, ICC.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who is hosting the two-day conference in the small Italian town of Fiuggi, said on Monday that he does not think reaching a consensus on the arrest warrant will be difficult.
“It’s not an immediate and actual problem. I don’t think Netanyahu will come to Italy or anywhere else,” he told the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera before the meeting.
DAILY POST recalls that the ICC on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and the recently dismissed Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant.
The warrant which also affected the Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, followed alleged war crimes relating to the conflict in Gaza.
Israel’s allies had criticised the decision and member states of the ICC were generally obliged to enforce the arrest warrants, though there is disagreement over how to handle Netanyahu’s case.
