Middle East Experience

Anne Herzberg of NGO Monitor explained how the warrants significantly limit Israel's ability to cooperate with national security officials.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: ICC has sealed fate of hostages, legal expert tells the 'Post'

The court said there is probable cause that Deif is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including taking hostages, rape, and extermination.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: ICC issues arrest warrant for assassinated Hamas head Mohammed Deif

The deal came after 11 months of fighting, under High Court pressure.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF, comptroller reach compromise to probe October 7 massacre in 2025

Associates of the Israeli prime minister had hoped that the incoming US administration could pressure the International Criminal Court into not issuing the warrant against him.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Could Trump intervene against ICC arrest warrants to help Netanyahu?

Premier League clubs voted to amend sponsorship rules on Friday despite calls from some clubs, including champions Manchester City, to delay any agreement.City challenged the league's associated party transaction (APT) rules, which assess whether deals between clubs and entities linked to their ownership represent fair market value, on competition law grounds earlier this year.Since a takeover from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, vice president of the United Arab Emirates, in 2008, City have become the dominant force in English football.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Premier League clubs approve changes to 'associated party' sponsorship rules

UNRWA official Natalie Boucly celebrated the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant as the start of "accountability."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: As Hamas continues stealing aid, UNWRA official adds looting to Gazans's struggles

Israel appears to be trying to create a buffer zone in south Lebanon to remove the threat from Hezbollah but its effectiveness in preventing cross-border attacks remains to be seen, observers say.Israel began heavily bombarding south Lebanon in September, escalating its months-long battle against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and later sending in ground troops.An official in south Lebanon said more than a dozen border villages have been two-thirds destroyed, while data analysis also points to broad destruction in the frontier area.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: With destruction at Lebanon border, Israel could seek buffer zone: experts

Israeli air strikes hit Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Friday and crumpled an 11-storey building, official media reported and AFP images showed, after Israeli military evacuation warnings.The latest raids follow intense Israeli attacks in recent days on south Beirut as well as other areas in Lebanon's south and east, where Israel says it has been targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel strikes south Beirut, toppling 11-storey building

The White House made clear to Senate Democrats that it was opposed to Sanders’s initiative that would have embargoed future arms sales to Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Biden backs Israel at UN and in Senate, even as party divisions persist

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó also criticized the ICC’s warrant as “absurd.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Hungary's Orban snubs ICC arrest warrant with Netanyahu invite