On November 21, 2024, the International Criminal Court’s (Court or ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I, consisting of three judges from Benin, France, and Slovenia, voted unanimously to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, approving a request for warrants filed by the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor on May 20, 2024. [read post]