The court's ruling stated that Israel had submitted two separate requests on May 9, 2025. The first requested the cancellation or suspension of the arrest warrants, and the second requested the Office of the Prosecutor suspend the investigation into the "situation in Palestine." However, the court rejected both requests, stating that Israel's justifications regarding the court's lack of jurisdiction were "not valid."
The Court affirmed that Article 19(7) of the Rome Statute applies only when a state files a challenge to the admissibility of the case, which Israel did not do, stressing that the Court's jurisdiction extends to the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, since Palestine joined the Rome Statute in 2015.
The court also rejected the Palestinian Authority's request to provide a statement in the event that the Israeli request is accepted, considering that it has sufficient information to decide the matter without the need for additional information.
On February 5, 2021, the International Criminal Court ruled that Palestine is a state party to the Rome Statute, and that the court's jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories extends to include Gaza and the West Bank, occupied since 1967.
On March 3, 2021, the Office of the Prosecutor announced the opening of an investigation into the Palestinian situation.
Israel objected to the Court's jurisdiction on 23 September 2024, under Article 19(2) of the Rome Statute.
On November 21, 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with US support, has been waging genocidal crimes in Gaza, including murder, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement. These crimes have left more than 198,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands displaced.
