War crimes charges will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off
The ICC warrants are a legal earthquake and could weigh heavier on the Israeli PM and his former minister over time
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The arrest warrants issued by the international criminal court (ICC) represent an earthquake on the world’s legal landscape: the first time a western ally from a modern democracy has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global judicial body.
Inside Israel, the warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant will not have an immediate impact. In the short term they are likely to rally support around the prime minister from a defiant Israeli public.
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