Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government will not pursue an objection to the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Prosecutor Karim Khan KC applied for arrest warrants to be issued for Israel’s prime minister and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes earlier this year.
But under Rishi Sunak’s Tory government, the UK had considered challenging the right of the ICC to issue arrest warrants for Mr Netanyahu and Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant.
A Number 10 spokesperson now says the warrants are a decision for the ICC.
The government believes strongly in the rule of law and separation of powers, the spokesperson says.
The ICC can make its own independent decisions, they added.
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