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Revealed: Lawyer pushing for Netanyahu arrest warrant said October 7 was legally justified

The ICC is reportedly close to issuing war crimes indictments against the Israeli PM, Defence Minister and Chief of Staff

May 3, 2024 08:51
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Lawyers Mrari (left) and Shouli (right) with French advocate Gilles Devers

ByDavid Rose, POlitics and investigations editor

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Lawyers who claimed the October 7 massacre was legally justified and that Israel had no right to self-defence in Gaza are key figures in the push to have Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders prosecuted in the International Criminal Court (ICC), the JC can reveal.

The ICC’s chief prosecutor, British barrister Karim Khan KC, is reportedly close to issuing war crimes indictments against the Israeli prime minister, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi – a move that Netanyahu has said would constitute an “antisemitic hate crime”.

Khaled al-Shouli said in a televised interview screened the day following the October 7 massacre that the attack was justified under international law. Abdelmajid Mrari, a French-Algerian, has referred to the terror group as a “resistance movement”. Both lawyers are key members of a group of some 600 lawyers from around the world who have filed evidence about the current conflict to the ICC.

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The men were pictured with French lawyer Gilles Devers – who filed the first of many complaints to the ICC about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in 2009 – delivering a dossier of evidence to the court on November 14.

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