Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unexpectedly stepped into the debate about whether the International Criminal Court should investigate alleged war crimes by Israel — and firmly announced his opposition to such an investigation.
n a letter released last night to Conservative Friends of Israel leaders Lord Polak, Lord Pickles, and Stephen Crabb MP, Mr Johnson said: “We oppose the ICC’s investigation into war crimes in Palestine”.
This, he said, was because Britain “did not accept that the ICC has jurisdiction in this instance, given that Israel is not a party to the Statute of Rome and Palestine is not a sovereign state”.
He added: “This investigation gives the impression of being a partial and prejudicial attack on a friend and ally of the UK’s”.
