The human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney wrote of her participation in a letter posted Monday.
mal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended that the chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court seek for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the militant Hamas group.
Khan announced his intention to do so on Monday, saying that actions taken by both Israeli leaders and Hamas in “I served on this Panel because I believe in the rule of law and the need to protect civilian lives,” Clooney wrote. “The law that protects civilians in war was developed more than 100 years ago and it applies in every country in the world regardless of the reasons for a conflict.”
In his announcement Monday, Khan accused Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders — Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Israel is not a member of the court, so even if the arrest warrants are issued, Netanyahu and Gallant do not face any immediate risk of prosecution. But the threat of arrest could make it difficult for the Israeli leaders to travel abroad. Hamas is already considered an international terrorist group by the West.
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