Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met a delegation of senior legal advisers from the US administration on Sunday to discuss international legal challenges facing Israel, according to a statement from his office. The statement said the talks focused on what Netanyahu described as a “legal war” being waged against Israel, the United States and other countries engaged in counterterrorism operations. No further details were provided regarding the participants in the meeting or the specific legal issues discussed. The meeting comes as international legal scrutiny of Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues to intensify, including ongoing proceedings and investigations before the International Criminal Court (ICC). READ: Israeli flight diverts to Croatia after Slovenia denies landing Last month, a group of lawyers and international […]
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