(May 23, 2024 / JNS) - Germany will detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant against him, a German government spokesman said Wednesday.

Asked by reporters in Berlin if Germany would execute an ICC warrant against Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Steffen Hebestreit, a spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said, “Of course. Yes, we abide by the law,” Politico reported.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Considering how many jews Germany has arrested for antisemitism (I.E. Protesting Israel’s Genocide), I’m honestly kinda shocked and surprised that they’d say this.