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I do not believe that a well-functioning national unity government – which is what Israel most urgently requires – is an option, as long as Netanyahu is still the leader of the Likud.

Following the first hearing, the court ordered authorities to determine whether the defendants own assets in Turkey and upheld their arrest warrants.

US sanctions, allegations of misconduct, and growing criticism in Europe have plunged the ICC into a crisis of credibility, raising questions about the future of international justice.

In his order, US judge Jesse M. Furman cited a case in 2025 in which two law professors brought forward a lawsuit against Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the ICC.

Pillay was given the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The Hind Rajab Foundation has asked the ICC to investigate Israeli medical officials over alleged torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees at Sde Teiman.

Navi Pillay was chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory that concluded last year that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

The precise contents of the warrants had previously been sealed. Now the court has given more information about the findings of the judges who issued the warrants.

"No lie can change the fact that he remains the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant," Mamdani said. 

French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pascal Confavreux told reporters the clearance for the overflight was "in full conformity with international law."