Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor had sought a confidential arrest warrant for him, a claim the Hague-based court did not confirm or deny because warrant applications are secret. Smotrich, a far-right member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, accused the Palestinian Authority of pushing the move and called potential warrants against Israeli leaders “a declaration of war”. Smotrich said he would retaliate by ...

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