Israel has urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to retract his pledge to comply with an ICC arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits Canada.
Carney confirmed last week that he would honor his predecessor Justin Trudeau’s commitment to arrest Netanyahu on war crimes charges.
Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian called on Carney to reconsider and welcome Netanyahu, “the leader of the only Jewish and democratic state in the Middle East.”
The ICC issued arrest warrants last year over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, which Israel rejects.
