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2026-05-18 International-UN-NGOs

Haaretz: ICC requests secret arrest warrant for several Israeli officials and military personnel

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Demonstrating once again how necessary Israel is for the ability of Jews to live unpersecuted.

[Regnum] The International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested arrest warrants for several Israeli officials and military personnel. This was reported on May 17 by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Ha’aretz prides itself on being the New York Times of Israel.
"The ICC Constitution does not oblige the court to notify suspects of an arrest warrant," Eliav Lieblich, a professor of public international law at Tel Aviv University, explained to the publication.

The number of defendants is not specified, and their names are not being released, but sources claim the warrants may concern at least two politicians and two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officials. According to the publication's sources, the prosecutor's office is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Settlement Affairs Minister Orit Struck, and two unnamed IDF officials.

On May 20, 2024, the ICC prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant, as well as three Hamas leaders. He stated that Netanyahu and Galant should be held criminally accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In November 2024, the ICC granted the prosecutor's request and issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Galantaz for war crimes committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. It was noted that Israeli authorities used starvation as a method of warfare, deliberately targeted civilians, and prevented them from receiving aid.

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Posted by badanov 2026-05-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1842 views ] Top

1 ICC denies issuing new warrants for Israeli officials

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-05-18 01:26|| 2026-05-18 01:26|| Front Page Top

2 Ha’aretz prides itself on being the New York Times of Israel.

That sets the bar low.

Posted by Procopiu2k 2026-05-18 06:40|| 2026-05-18 06:40|| Front Page Top

3 But awfully high from the other end…

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-18 10:03|| 2026-05-18 10:03|| Front Page Top

4 unpersecuted is misspelled, that's unprosecuted. A common error.

Posted by Uninens Thromonter9996 2026-05-18 12:05|| 2026-05-18 12:05|| Front Page Top

5 I appreciate the thought, my dear, and it’s true that I’ve committed a typo or two in my time, but in this case unpersecuted is the word I chose. It resonates more than the more common not persecuted, you see, and implies problems much broader than a single biased courtroom.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-18 12:13|| 2026-05-18 12:13|| Front Page Top

6 Amazing.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-18 17:09|| 2026-05-18 17:09|| Front Page Top

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