Labour faces its first moral test in power. Will it protect Netanyahu from being prosecuted by the ICC? | Geoffrey Robertson

Britain finally has a chance to reject the Sunak government’s claim that Israel enjoys impunity in Gaza

Geoffrey Robertson KC is the founding head of Doughty Street Chambers

Should Benjamin Netanyahu be prosecuted? The Sunak government tried to stop it happening, but now the Starmer administration must decide where it stands.

Back in May, the prosecutor of the international criminal court applied for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu for war crimes involving the indiscriminate bombing of civilians – more than 15,000 children have been killed so far – and the starvation of citizens in Gaza.

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