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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas militar leader Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war. Israel has killed over 44 000 Palestinians in Gaza and 3583 in Lebanon.
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There must be no [Israeli] settlement of Gaza and no expulsion from Gaza … and if, with regard to Gaza, the Palestinians’ right to exist or international law is called into question, then this of course also has a consequence with regard to the European positioning.
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Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister of Germany,
Brussels 21.11.2024
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