ICC arrest warrants Netanyahu and Gallant open a Pandora’s Box

By James M. Dorsey

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s world just shrunk considerably.

An International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza obliges the Court’s 124 members, or two-thirds of the world’s countries, to arrest Mr. Netanyahu on sight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s world contracted similarly when the Court ordered his arrest in 2023 for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Even so, Mr. Netanyahu and Israel are likely to feel far more than Mr. Putin the impact of the warrant against the prime minister and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, whom Mr. Netanyahu fired earlier this month.