Netanyahu, holding ICC arrest warrant, wants to build case against Turkey's Erdogan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a legal team to prepare a case against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the ICC, citing the treatment of Kurds and support for Hamas. This move follows the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Netanyahu himself regarding actions in Gaza.
Why it matters
The escalation of legal warfare between Israel and Turkey highlights the deepening diplomatic rift and the increasing use of international courts as tools of geopolitical pressure.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who himself has an arrest warrant by International Criminal Court, has asked an inter-ministerial team to prepare a potential case for ICC against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over Turkey’s treatment of Kurds and alleged support for Hamas.According to the report by i24NEWS, Netanyahu instructed an inter-ministerial team and the director of Israel’s International Law Department to begin preparing the case.The report said the proposed legal action would focus primarily on Erdogan’s treatment of Kurdish minorities in Turkey, while also examining allegations related to Turkish government funding and support for Hamas.Netanyahu himself is subject to an ICC arrest warrant issued in November 2024 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.The ICC said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu was criminally responsible for alleged acts including starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and other inhumane acts.
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