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Awaiting Benjamin Netanyahu's trial and a possible verdict

All our news articles and expert analyses concerning Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has found himself at the centre of an intense debate on international justice since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him and other Israeli officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the war in Gaza. This unprecedented action against the leader of a state allied with many Western powers raises questions about the scope of international criminal law, the responsibility of leaders in times of armed conflict, and the ICC's ability to enforce its decisions in polarised geopolitical contexts. Some of our articles address allegations of the alleged use of starvation as a weapon of war and systematic attacks on civilians that could amount to genocide. Amid diplomatic tensions, international pressure and parallel legal proceedings, Justice Info decodes all the latest international legal developments involving Benjamin Netanyahu.

A UN investigation has established that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Photo: Navanethem Pillay (Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine) speaks at the publication of the report. In the background, the logo of the United Nations.
Genocide in Gaza: What the UN Commission Says about Facts and Law and Why it Matters
25 September 2025 by Sharon Weill + Olivier de Frouville
Israel’s Prime Minister is expected to address the UN General Assembly on September 26. A week after a UN independent inquiry established that his government was committing genocide in Gaza.
A convoy of Israeli tanks is deployed at Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on September 16, 2025. Gaza: UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide
16 September 2025 by AFP
The report published on September 16 by the international commission of inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council finds that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.
Why Hungary quits the International Criminal Court (ICC) Photo: The Shoes by the Danube is a memorial dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in Budapest on the banks of the Danube in Hungary. Why Hungary quits the ICC
12 June 2025 by Alannah Travers
On May 20, Hungary officially announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. But the Israel/Palestine issue is only part of the picture. The European Union is also a target, warns Alannah Travers.
Netanyahu on a visit to Hungary, despite the international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanyahu review a military guard of honour in Budapest, Hungary. Hungary dumps the ICC
3 April 2025 by AFP
On April 3, Viktor Orban's Hungary received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. In the process, it announced that it was leaving the ICC.
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The former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) by videoconference. Photo: in the foreground, Duterte's lawyer, in the background, Duterte himself projected onto a video screen.
25 March 2025 by Lucy Gaynor
Duterte’s arrest: the ICC Prosecutor’s performative paradox Now that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in the box before the International Criminal Court, academic Lucy Gaynor explains the paradox of this apparent performance for a Court in trouble.
Putin, Netanyahu, al-Assad, Jammeh, Hasina, Akhundzada, Bozizé, al-Bashir, Hlaing, Mengistu: the ten heads of state wanted by international justice. Illustration: portraits of the 10 heads of state on a map of the world and a ‘wanted’ stamp.
17 February 2025 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
Putin, Netanyahu and the others: ten wanted heads of state It's a very exclusive club, and here is its world map. The club of heads of state wanted for international crimes. There are ten of them. At the top of this ‘wanted list’ are those accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity [...]
Raji Sourani, a Palestinian human rights lawyer, talks to Justice Info about the situation in the Gaza Strip (Palestine) and international law, following Donald Trump's statements. Photo: Sourani looks out of his office window.
14 February 2025 by Pierre Hazan
“I hope Gaza won’t be the graveyard of international law” On February 12, 2025, leading Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani [read bio below] talked to Justice Info, reacting to President Donald Trump’s declarations on Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s thr [...]
Construction of the IPC of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
2 December 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The clouded skies over the ICC The annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court takes place in The Hague from December 2-7. Against the prospect of a hostile Trump administration in the U.S., an investigation on alleged misconduct of th [...]
The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have been confirmed. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
21 November 2024 by AFP
ICC judges confirm arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Six months after a request from the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on 21 November the ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gall [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) team behind the arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas. Photo: Karim Khan, Brenda Hollis and Andrew Cayley.
21 May 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Behind the scenes of the ICC Prosecutor’s coup d’éclat This is the first time a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has requested arrest warrants against a sitting Western-backed head of state. Pressure is now on judges at the ICC to confirm (or not) the prosecutor’s applic [...]
ICC arrest warrants against Israel and Hamas. Photo montage of 3 flags: Hamas, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Israel.
21 May 2024 by Thierry Cruvellier
Israel/Palestine: the moment of truth On 20 May, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked the judges to issue arrest warrants for crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister alongside three major leade [...]