- The United Nations’ International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, charging them with crimes against humanity in connection with the war in Gaza.
- ICC member states like Poland are required to detain suspects who face warrants upon setting foot on their soil, but the court has no way to enforce this.
- The Polish government passed a resolution to ensure the free and safe participation of Israeli delegates attending the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27 January.
The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday promising to ensure the free and safe participation of Israel’s top representatives, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will take part in commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month. Decided to take.
Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year when the International Criminal Court, the world’s top war crimes court, issued an arrest warrant charging him and others with crimes against humanity in connection with the war in Gaza.
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“The Polish Government considers the safe participation of the leaders of Israel in the commemoration on January 27, 2025 as part of paying tribute to the Jewish nation, millions of whose daughters and sons became victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Third Reich.” ” Read the resolution published by the office of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The government published the statement after Polish President Andrzej Duda asked Tusk to ensure that Netanyahu could attend without the risk of being arrested.
At the beginning of World War II German forces occupied Poland and established a system of ghettos and death camps where they killed millions of Jews and others.
The International Criminal Court issues a warrant for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre). In response, Poland passed a resolution to ensure the free and safe participation of Israel’s supreme representatives, including Netanyahu, who decided to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month. (Yov Dudkevich/TPS-IL)
There were reports that the arrest warrant could prevent Netanyahu from traveling to Poland on January 27 to attend a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in 1945 by Soviet forces. There were reports that suggested the arrest warrant could prevent Netanyahu from traveling to Poland to attend a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Soviet forces in 1945. On 27th January.
ICC member states like Poland are required to detain suspects who face warrants upon setting foot on their soil, but the court has no way to enforce this. Israel is not a member of the ICC and disputes its jurisdiction.
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The court has more than 120 member states, although some, including France, have already said they will not arrest him. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán even said he would defy the warrant by inviting Netanyahu to Hungary.
It is also not clear whether Netanyahu wants to attend this program or not. The Polish Foreign Ministry said earlier Thursday that it “has not yet received any information indicating that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to attend celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.”
It added, “Poland is a safe country and any leader visiting Poland is entitled to security provided by the Ministry of the Interior.” The ministry also suggested that any idea that Netanyahu could be arrested in Poland was “fake news” spread in the US media.
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The commemoration will be attended by international officials and veteran survivors. It is to take place in the city of Oświęcim, which was under German occupation during the war.
More than 1.1 million people were murdered in Auschwitz. Historians say that most of them, about one million, were Jews, but victims also included Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, and others.
