Netanyahu arrest warrant: ‘France compromised to reach cease-fire in Lebanon’

In a press release issued Wednesday morning, just hours after the cease-fire came into effect in Lebanon, the French Foreign Affairs Ministry reconsidered its position on the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lawyer Julien Martin, member of the Strasbourg Bar and President of the Human Rights Commission since January 2022, talked to L'Orient Today about the implications of this change of heart. Read also ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders: ‘Justice applies to all nations’ Since the ICC arrest warrants were issued, Paris' statements have been ambiguous. On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry’s statement mentioned immunity but did not explicitly confirm that Netanyahu would not be arrested on national territory. What does this immunity mean under...