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Israel brief to ICJ rejecting genocide claims likely delayed by Iran war

The ICJ had given Israel several extensions over the last year to file the brief, with the most recent extension being until March 12.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.
Iranian Protesters gather around burning cars near a masque while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 8, 2026.

Iranian opposition orgs. urge ICC probe into regime's alleged crimes against humanity

Legal analysts cited in Western coverage say the ICC faces jurisdictional challenges because Iran is not a member of the Rome Statute.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Attendees in the plenary room during the 24th Session of the Assembly of States Parties at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands December 4, 2025.

'We serve humanity, deliver justice': ICC judges, UN officials decry US sanctions

“We serve humanity. We are delivering justice for the most vulnerable victims around the world, for millions and millions of women and children who have no voice," one judge told the Guardian.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Israeli soldiers enter Gaza at the border as seen from Israel, October 3, 2025

IDF closes dozens of alleged pre-2025 war crime cases - exclusive

The publication of such cases was delayed by fear of abuse by ICJ and ICC. The IDF says the cases are justified under laws of war.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Sde Teiman leak: Does Israel's government fear the extreme Right more than ICC's legal fallout?

How did this leak get caught out of so many against the prime minister that were not caught?

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Demonstrates protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024.

Trump’s Middle East triumph marks Europe’s ideological defeat - opinion

European leaders came to Sharm el-Sheikh and partook in what was described in Europe as a “humiliation ceremony”: Trump all but ignored them while making peace directly with Arab leaders.

OCTOBER 23, 2025ByGOL KALEV
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks as other world leaders look on at a summit on ending the Israel-Hamas War in Sharm el-Sheikh last week. Trump might have ended Europe’s 2,300-year-old intervention in the Middle East, the writer argues.

Israel urges Canadian PM Carney to drop call for arrest of Netanyahu

Carney stated on Monday that he would uphold former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to uphold the ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

OCTOBER 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025

Canada’s Carney says he would uphold ICC warrant if Netanyahu were to enter country

Canadian PM Mark Carney says he’d arrest Netanyahu if he enters Canada, supporting the ICC warrant and accusing Israel of blocking a Palestinian state.

OCTOBER 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney takes part in a press conference after meeting with provincial and territorial leaders at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 21, 2025.

If war is over, what happens with ICC, ICJ cases against Israel? - analysis

With a war-ending deal on the table, the future of the ICC and ICJ proceedings against Netanyahu and Gallant is uncertain.

OCTOBER 9, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

Lawyers demand arrest warrants, ICC genocide investigation, into Khamenei, IRGC over role in Oct. 7

Two US lawyers filed an ICC case accusing Iran’s Khamenei and Qaani of war crimes and genocide for backing Hamas in the October 7 massacre.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei embraces chief of Hamas's Shura Political Council Mohammed Ismail Darwish in Tehran, February 8, 2025.

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announce exit from International Criminal Court

The announcement ended the West African countries' two-decade-long membership in the ICC.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2025ByREUTERS
An exterior of The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, September 22, 2025.

US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon

Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on several prosecutors and judges at the court, but naming the court itself in the sanctions list would be a major escalation.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2025ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021.

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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on September 18, 2025 in Aylesbury, England.

Qatar says it is pursuing legal action against Israel at ICC

Qatari State Minister Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi announced in a post on X on Wednesday that Qatar was pursuing legal avenues to "respond to the Israeli aggression against the State of Qat

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023