Italy questions feasibility of ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

FIUGGI: Italy connected Tuesday said determination were “many doubts” astir an International Criminal Court (ICC) apprehension warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it was not feasible to apprehension him arsenic agelong arsenic helium remained successful complaint of the government.

Italy, which presently chairs the Group of Seven (G7) large democracies, hosted a overseas ministers gathering which issued a

final statement

that stopped abbreviated of straight mentioning the ICC warrants for the Israeli and Hamas leaders.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who tried to forge a communal G7 presumption connected the issue, said Rome had galore doubts connected the legality of the mandates and clarity was needed connected whether precocious authorities officials had immunity from the arrest.

“Netanyahu would ne'er spell to a state wherever helium tin beryllium arrested,“ Tajani told a quality league astatine the extremity of the two-day gathering Italy hosted successful the spa municipality of Fiuggi.

“The apprehension of Netanyahu is unfeasible, astatine slightest arsenic agelong arsenic helium is premier minister,“ helium said.

The ICC contented sparked hostility wrong Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's coalition.

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Rome would person to abide by its obligations and apprehension Nethanyau if helium came to Italy portion Matteo Salvini - the person of the conjugation League enactment - said the Israeli person would beryllium invited successful the country.

The ICC determination was powerfully criticized by the United States, which on with Israel is not a subordinate of the ICC.

The G7 connection urged Israel to “fully comply with its obligations nether planetary instrumentality successful each circumstances” arsenic it defends itself and stressed determination could beryllium “no equivalence betwixt the violent radical Hamas and the State of Israel”.

“We reiterate our committedness to International Humanitarian Law and volition comply with our respective obligations,“ said the G7 members, which too Italy see the U.S., Canada, Japan, Britain, France and Germany.

Last week, the ICC issued apprehension warrants for Netanyahu and his erstwhile defence main Yoav Gallant, arsenic good arsenic a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged warfare crimes and crimes against humanity successful the Gaza conflict.

Israel condemned the ICC determination arsenic shameful and absurd. Hamas praised it arsenic a measurement towards justice.