<article data-history-node-id="430359" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/icc-rejects-israels-appeal-cancel-netanyahus-arrest-warrant" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/icc-rejects-israels-appeal-cancel-netanyahus-arrest-warrant" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">ICC rejects Israel’s appeal to cancel Netanyahu's arrest warrant</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>’s appeal to cancel arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.</p> <p>In May, Israel requested the ICC withdraw the warrants while a separate challenge over the court’s jurisdiction was still under review.</p> <p>The court dismissed the request on 16 July, ruling there was “no legal basis” to cancel the warrants while the jurisdiction issue remained unresolved.</p> <p>Israel sought to appeal that decision a week later, but on Friday, ICC judges ruled that “the issue, as framed by Israel, is not subject to appeal”.</p> <p>Although Israel is not a member of the ICC, the State of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>&nbsp;was granted membership in 2015.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="ICC rejects Israel’s appeal to cancel Netanyahu's arrest warrant" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-rejects-israels-appeal-cancel-netanyahus-arrest-warrant">ICC rejects Israel’s appeal to cancel Netanyahu's arrest warrant</a></h3> <p><img alt="A demonstrator holds up a placard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind bars during a rally in support of Palestinians in Rome on 30 November 2024 (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_36NU6YW%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=HU5Oqkl4"></p> </div> </div> </article>