Netherlands keeps door open for Netanyahu to visit country despite arrest warrant from International Criminal Court

Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schuof left the door open for his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu this Friday. can travel to european nations Despite an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in specific circumstances.

“We will have to see how we will act if the Prime Minister of Israel visits the Netherlands.” There are also possible scenarios under international law could have come without being arrested” Shoof said at a press conference.

The Dutch Prime Minister has not assessed what these assumptions will be, although he has highlighted that the Netherlands “adheres to” Obligations arising from signing the treaty On which the International Criminal Court is based.

This comes after Shoof assured last Friday that the Israeli prime minister could visit the Netherlands to attend a meeting, for example. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), based in The Hague, without arrest.

Schoof’s words would thus be worthy of the forceful statements of Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, ​​who assured that, if Netanyahu were to set foot on Dutch soil, Will be arrested under CFI decisionWhich also affects his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Arrest warrants were reportedly issued against Netanyahu and Galant war crimes and crimes against humanity Carried out within the framework of the military offensive launched more than a year ago against the Gaza Strip in response to attacks carried out by Hamas and other Palestinian factions on October 7, 2023.