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Good evening. Britain has said that a warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest will not help end the war in Gaza, suggesting that it may oppose a move to detain the Israeli prime minister.
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Netanyahu’s arrest would not help end Gaza war, says Downing Street
A government spokesman told The Telegraph that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over either Israel or Hamas, because Israel is not a party to the court’s underlying treaty and Palestine is not a state. As well as Mr Netanyahu, the ICC is seeking arrest warrants for Israel’s defence minister and three top Hamas leaders.
