EU’s Borrell: Members Would Have to Arrest Netanyahu

By Staff, Agencies

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that if the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top “Israeli” officials over their war crimes in Gaza, all EU member states will be legally forced to oblige.

On Monday, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan applied for warrants for “Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and War Minister Yoav Gallant accusing them of “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

The European Union has taken “note” of the move, Borrell acknowledged in a post on X [formerly Twitter].

“The mandate of the ICC, as an independent international institution, is to prosecute the most serious crimes under international law,” Borrell wrote, insisting that “All States that have ratified the ICC statutes are bound to execute the Court’s decisions.”

Even though the prosecutor has requested arrest warrants, it may take months of deliberations before a three-judge panel decides whether to issue them or not.