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Berlin Should Avoid ‘Testing International Law’ Over Netanyahu, Says German President Amid ICC Arrest Warrant

Berlin Should Avoid ‘Testing International Law’ Over Netanyahu, Says German President Amid ICC Arrest Warrant

News June 29, 2025
Berlin Should Avoid ‘Testing International Law’ Over Netanyahu, Says German President Amid ICC Arrest Warrant
Berlin (Quds News Network)- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned against a visit by Prime Minister Netanyahu, saying Berlin should “avoid testing” international law in light of the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. “We, in particular, should make the international legal order part of our own identity,” Steinmeier said in the Interview of the Week programme to be broadcast on Sunday by radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk, of which DPA, Germany’s press agency, obtained a copy. Steinmeier said it would be best to avoid being put in a position where Germany would have to hand over an Israeli leader to the ICC. His comments came in response to a question about Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s statement that Germany would not recognise the ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu. Merz said: “I think it is a completely absurd idea that an Israeli prime minister cannot visit the Federal Republic of Germany.” The ICC issued in November arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence chief, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The war crimes include using “starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.” The EU, meanwhile, has found that Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip may have violated the terms of the association agreement with the bloc through the violation of human rights in Gaza.

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