. The ICC was set up more than a decade ago to tackle impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and other grave crimes when states don't prosecute them. Without a police force, the ICC relies on member states to arrest suspects. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on the social platform X Friday that Israel “will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense.
The ICC's 124 member states signed on to a 2002 treaty called the Rome Statute. Dozens of countries did not sign and do not accept the court's jurisdiction over war crimes, genocide and other crimes. They include Israel, the United States, Russia and China. The ICC becomes involved when nations are unable or unwilling to prosecute crimes on their territory.
Israel often levies accusations of bias at international bodies such as the United Nations. The ICC is not a U.N. body but accepted “The State of Palestine” as a member in 2015, a year after the Palestinians accepted the court's jurisdiction. The court's chief prosecutor at the time announced in 2021 that she was opening an investigation into possible crimes on Palestinian territory. Netanyahu slammed the decision as hypocritical and antisemitic.
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