'The debate about how we will react to an arrest warrant is premature,' said Austrian minister for EU affairs Karoline Edtstadler (Photo: European Parliament)

ICC warrant on Israel 'long overdue' for Palestinian top lawyer, as EU allies split

EU & the World

by Elena Sánchez Nicolás, Brussels,

An international warrant for Israeli leaders was long overdue, a prominent Palestinian lawyer has said, as EU countries sent mixed messages on the prospect of outlawing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The delay of issuing the warrants has cost us, the Palestinian people, in the last war, tens of thousands killed and injured, including 14,000 childr...

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Elena is EUobserver's editor-in-chief. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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'The debate about how we will react to an arrest warrant is premature,' said Austrian minister for EU affairs Karoline Edtstadler (Photo: European Parliament)