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May 29, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Stefan Buchen |Amro Ali |Ella Joyner |Shady Lewis Botros
Arrest warrants for Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership? · 29.05.2024 The request for arrest warrants against Israel's prime minister and defence minister as well as three Hamas leaders is undoubtedly a historic step. For the first time, the head of state of a U.S. ally could stand trial https://qantara.de/en/node/43969 Print "Europe must acknowledge that the United States has global responsibilities that create unique circumstances.
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May 22, 2024 | 
qantara.de | William Glucroft |Ella Joyner
The Biden administration is willing to work with Congress to potentially impose sanctions against International Criminal Court officials over the prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the Gaza war, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. At a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Blinken he wanted to see renewed US sanctions on the court in response to the move announced by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Ella Joyner |Hannah El-Hitami |Stefan Buchen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that any decisions by the International Criminal Court, which is investigating Hamas' October 7 attacks and Israel's military assault on Gaza, would not affect Israel's actions, but would set a dangerous precedent. "Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the International Criminal Court in the Hague to undermine its basic right to defend itself," Netanyahu said in a statement on Telegram.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
qantara.de | William Glucroft |Ella Joyner |Stefan Buchen
Israel's security is at the "core" of German foreign policy, the UN's highest court heard on Tuesday, where Berlin is defending itself against a claim that it is furnishing Israel with weapons being used in Gaza. "Our history is the reason why Israel's security has been at the core of German foreign policy," Germany's representative told the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
qantara.de | William Glucroft |Ella Joyner |Ceyda Nurtsch |Stefan Weidner
ICJ "genocide" case brought against Germany · 08.04.2024 Nicaragua has brought a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague aiming to end Germany's ongoing support for Israel, claiming it violates the Genocide Convention.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Jonathan Adler |Mohamed ElBaradei |Ella Joyner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Tuesday that Israel's military had "unintentionally" killed seven aid workers with a US charity in an air strike in Gaza. World Central Kitchen had earlier said a "targeted attack" by Israeli forces on Monday had killed the group, which included Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian employees.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Kristin Helberg |Matthias Sailer |Mohamed ElBaradei |Ella Joyner
Three dozen leaders at news organisations around the world have signed a letter expressing solidarity with journalists in Gaza, calling for their safety and freedom to report in the war zone. The letter, released on Thursday, was spearheaded by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which said at least 89 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, the vast majority of them Palestinians.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Andrea Backhaus |Peter Münch |Stefan Buchen |Ella Joyner
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Israeli settlers as President Joe Biden said violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank had reached intolerable levels. The sanctions marked a rare move by the United States against Israelis as war rages with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and came as Biden travelled to Michigan, whose sizeable Arab-American community has voiced anger over his support for Israel.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Mohamed ElBaradei |Birgit Svensson |Stefan Buchen |Ella Joyner
Some 70 U.S. cities have passed resolutions on the Israel-Gaza war with most calling for a ceasefire, a Reuters analysis of city data shows, placing more pressure on President Joe Biden ahead of November's general election to help end the fighting. At least 47 cities have passed symbolic resolutions calling for a halt to Israel's Gaza bombardment, with six others passing resolutions advocating more broadly for peace.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
qantara.de | Birgit Svensson |Hans Dembowski |Elisa Rheinheimer |Ella Joyner
An Israeli parliamentary committee backed a motion on Tuesday to expel a leftwing lawmaker from the Knesset over his support for South Africa's case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that accuses Israel of genocide in its war in Gaza. A vote to impeach Ofer Cassif, from the communist Hadash party which sits in a joint list with the left-wing Arab Ta'al party, will now be held in a full sitting of the Knesset, where it will require 90 members of the 120-seat assembly to pass.
