The International Criminal Court in The Hague agreed to accept a large number of amicus briefs on Monday from both Israel’s friends and foes who want to weigh in on the ICC chief prosecutor’s May 20 request to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The move will in all likelihood delay by several months an ICC decision regarding whether to issue warrants to give the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber I, which oversees the court’s preliminary investigative work, time to review the briefs.

It won’t change the ultimate outcome, NGO Monitor’s legal adviser Anne Herzberg told JNS, adding, “There’s a 95% chance they issue those arrest warrants.”