The Prime Minister’s office said the decision is “based on a strong belief in the separation of powers and the rule of law, both domestically and internationally.”
The UK will not intervene in the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the office of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday.
This announcement reverses the plans of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was ousted earlier this month after Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a landslide victory over the Conservatives.
“This was a proposal by the previous government which was not submitted before the election, and which I can confirm the government will not be pursuing in line with our long-standing position that this is a matter for the court to decide,” a Starmer spokesperson said.
The ICC’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, accused Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders — Yehya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
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