By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-22 01:05:29 | Updated at 2024-11-22 07:39:00
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Starmer backs arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu: Israeli Prime Minister 'will be arrested if he enters the UK'
Daily Mail ^ | November 21, 2024 | Olivia Christie
Posted on 11/21/2024 5:03:10 PM PST by Angelino97
Benjamin Netanyahu could be detained if he visits Britain after Sir Keir Starmer backed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant.
The Hague-based court, which Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month said the UK 'supports', today issued warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the leader of Hamas.
Britain, along with 123 other members of the ICC, will now be obliged to detain Netanyahu 'on sight' under international law.
A spokesperson for Downing Street said the Government respected the court and refused to rule out he would be arrested if he landed on British soil - comments which have been widely interpreted as supportive of the decision.
He said: 'We respect the independence of the ICC.'
No10 added there was no 'moral equivalence' between the democratically elected leader of Israel and terrorist leaders, and that Israel has a right to defend itself.
The ICC warrant would, nevertheless, need to be ratified by a UK court before it becomes valid, it is understood.
Last month Mr Lammy told MPs Labour 'continues to support the ICC', adding: 'Both the ICC and the ICJ should be able to go about their work unfettered by political intervention.'
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According to the Jewish Chronicle, "Keir Starmer has regularly spoken about the importance of Judaism to his family, and has shared that Friday night dinners are a tradition. Shabbat is a “rock in the week,” he has said.
1 posted on 11/21/2024 5:03:10 PM PST by Angelino97
To: Angelino97
Oh. Sleazy commie politicians lie?
2 posted on 11/21/2024 5:04:31 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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