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IDF closes dozens of alleged pre-2025 war crime cases - exclusive

The publication of such cases was delayed by fear of abuse by ICJ and ICC. The IDF says the cases are justified under laws of war.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli soldiers enter Gaza at the border as seen from Israel, October 3, 2025
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaks at the conference "Cartography of a Genocide", on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

Francesca Albanese expected to speak at Al Jazeera Forum alongside Hamas leader, Iran's FM - report

Albanese is listed on Al Jazeera's site as a speaker during the forum's third session on its first day, during a panel titled: "The Palestinian Cause in a World Moving Toward Multipolarity."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019

IDF officials warn ICJ genocide case poses greater risk than ICC

Military officials say the ICJ genocide case worries them more than the ICC, as Israel prepares a major response ahead of a March deadline.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
President Isaac Herzog meets with President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025

In Davos, Herzog calls for ICC measures against Netanyahu, Gallant to be lifted

Speaking Tuesday in Davos after arriving for the World Economic Forum, Herzog raised the issue in a meeting with United Nations General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on leave from position amid sexual misconduct probe

In a letter sent to his staff and seen by Reuters, the prosecutor said that he had been keeping his position under constant review. "I have made the considered decision to take leave, he said.

MAY 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
(Illustrative) ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan over a back drop of the ICC.

ICC decided to charge Netanyahu after Khan accused of sexual assault - report

Shortly after being confronted by ICC staff about the sexual assault complaint, he canceled his planned visit to Israel and announced the warrants.

MAY 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(Illustrative) ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan over a back drop of the ICC.

Romanian presidential candidates divided over Netanyahu ICC arrest warrant

Romania's presidential race has a new issue dividing voters: whether or not to invite Prime Minister Netanyahu while he has an active ICC arrest warrant.

MAY 10, 2025ByELDAD BECK
Nicusor Dan listens while attending a presidential debate alongside George Simion, in Bucharest, Romania, May 8, 2025.

ICC chief prosecutor warned against publicizing new arrest requests for Israelis - report

Two sources told the British daily that Khan was readying to issue new requests for order against alleged Israeli suspects. 

APRIL 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

Why Israel’s ICJ boycott could undermine its recent legal winning streak - analysis

Despite recent court victories, Israel’s ICJ boycott over Gaza aid hearings could muddy its global image.

APRIL 28, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

UN's Guterres is whitewashing UNRWA's part in October 7 massacre, Israeli FM says

"At this very moment, the ICJ is beginning deliberations in another shameful proceeding against Israel," Sa'ar said.

APRIL 28, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accuses UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of whitewashing UNRWA's alleged terror ties, April 28, 2025.

If Moses freed the Jews today, the UN would condemn him as a war criminal - opinion

The International Criminal Court would issue arrest warrants charging the Israelite leaders with genocide and other versions of the blood libel.

APRIL 11, 2025ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
UNITED NATIONS High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a news conference in Damascus, in January. The UN would have condemned Moses and Aaron as war criminals, says the writer.

Neutralizing the ICC with a European non-collaboration pledge - opinion

Trump could secure an enforceable pledge from European countries never to collaborate with the ICC or with any lawfare efforts targeting the US or the Jewish state.

APRIL 10, 2025ByGOL KALEV
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

Ex-NSC chief Ben Shabbat: Road to dethroning Hamas in Gaza could require temporary chaos

Top Israeli lawyers debate if ICC can be reasoned with over war crimes debate.

APRIL 8, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Meir Ben Shabbat is seen at the Knesset on November 6, 2018.

British lawyers file war crimes complaint against 10 British citizens who served in IDF

Attorney Michael Mansfield and six other lawyers reportedly filed a 240-page report allegedly implicating the UK citizens dual-nationals in “involvement” in war crimes,

APRIL 7, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
IDF troops operating in northern Gaza, April 4, 2025.