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In Davos, Herzog calls for ICC measures against Netanyahu, Gallant to be lifted

Speaking Tuesday in Davos after arriving for the World Economic Forum, Herzog raised the issue in a meeting with United Nations General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
President Isaac Herzog meets with President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025
An activist holds a poster that reads ‘Condemns Donald Trump’s military aggression in Venezuela’, during an anti-US protest, after the US struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 6, 2026.

A tale of two snatches: A libertarian take on Trump’s Venezuela gambit - opinion

If we must choose between snatching dictators and snatching democrats, between capturing tyrants and prosecuting defenders, the choice should be obvious.

|ByODED J.K. FARAN, WALTER E. BLOCK
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif over the Israeli and Pakistani flags.

'Worst criminal of humanity': Pakistani DM calls on US, Turkey to 'kidnap' Netanyahu

Asif’s comments came following the US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, and he stated that he would support the capture of Netanyahu.

|BySHIR PERETS
‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.

Why Israel has suppressed its legal narrative on the war for two years - exclusive

LEGAL AFFAIRS: While the record is problematic, it should be noted that Israel is far from having abandoned the playing field entirely.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Israel must fight for justice, not vengeance - opinion

This is not what I had in mind when I made my case for the death penalty.

FEBRUARY 22, 2025ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
ISRAELI SECURITY forces launch a raid on the home of a Palestinian terrorist, in a village south of Nablus, after he carried out a shooting attack earlier in the day near Ariel, in November. We are a people of morals, of justice, of deep and sacred values; if we must fight – and we must – let it be

Meet Israel's czar responsible for holding back ICJ, ICC's war crimes tsunami - exclusive

Dr. Gilad Noam has the responsibility to protect the State of Israel from genocide recriminations.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Dr. Gilad Noam seen in The Hague, Netherlands, May 16, 2024

Could an Israeli state probe have blocked Netanyahu, Gallant's arrest warrants? - analysis

ICC: Attempts to secure the agreement of Israel to allow Gaza access should not be conflated with the planning of actual mission deployments.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE ARREST warrants, which the ICC issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, are ridiculous, absurd and baseless, the writer asserts.

'A shame for Italy': UN's Albanese slams Italian official for meeting Netanyahu

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called the Italian Deputy PM's photo with Netanyahu "an affront to the Italian Constitution."

FEBRUARY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.

White House confirms war crimes prosecutor first target of ICC sanctions

The sanctions, which repeat action Trump took during his first term, include freezing of US assets of those designated and barring them and their families from visiting the United States.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025ByREUTERS
ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

Former Defense Minister Gallant heckled in New York

"Why should you be allowed to walk the streets of New York?" among the commentary from assailants.

FEBRUARY 9, 2025ByRAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH
Yoav Gallant.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Khan first to be hit by US sanctions, sources say

Karim Khan, who is British, was named on Friday in an annex - not yet made public - to an executive order signed by Trump a day earlier, a senior ICC official and another source claimed.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByREUTERS
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT Prosecutor Karim Khan rewards Islamic terrorism, the writer charges.

'Court stands firmly by its personnel': ICC condemns US-issued sanctions 

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the court.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the International Criminal Court at the Hague, Netherlands.

Trump sanctions ICC over ‘baseless’ arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant

Donald Trump said the ICC abused its power by issuing "baseless arrest warrants" targeting Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByHANNAH SARISOHN
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office last week.

Netanyahu meets with bipartisan senate leadership at Capitol Hill

A major topic of discussion was legislative action against the International Criminal Court, with Senate leaders pledging to advance a bill aimed at countering the court.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Democrat and Republican senators at Capitol Hill in Washington DC, February 6, 2025.