France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity
France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity
French foreign ministry says it respects the decision of the court to issue arrest warrants but that the Israeli prime minister remains immune while in office
France was among the first states that announced they would uphold the court's decision, although officials have not explicitly said they would arrest Netanyahu.
However, the ministry on Wednesday alleged that Netanyahu is covered by immunity as a sitting head of government because Israel is not a member of the ICC. It is the first time a member of the court has argued this in Netanyahu's case.
France's argument was previously used by states that refused to arrest Russia's Vladimir Putin and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan. But the court has consistently rejected those arguments as unfounded.
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When you look at ICC arrests and only see black and brown people you have to agree with France. Is Netanyahu a leader of an African country? Is he Muslim? Then the ICC isn't going to get an arrest.
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i wonder how long it will be until the americans replace him with someone else who is more amenable to their designs.
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Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are not black or brown, not African, and not Muslim.
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I looked up the former and he wasn't arrested by the ICC though?
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