Overview

• Prime Minister Mark Carney told Bloomberg that Netanyahu would be arrested in Canada in accordance with the International Criminal Court's order.
• Carney added that Canada would continue to act in accordance with international legal policy.
• The ICC last week rejected Israel's request to appeal, leaving arrest warrants in place for Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant.
• The court's decision cited reasonable grounds to suspect responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.
• The Israeli government rejected the charges as political and without legal basis, while the Abraham Global Peace Initiative urged Carney to retract his remarks and questioned the court's jurisdiction.