Israeli prime minister reportedly ‘furious’ after Britain drops objections to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, leading the Israeli premier to boycott British foreign minister’s visit to Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to meet with Britain’s new foreign secretary after his government dropped the U.K.’s objections to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Netanyahu and another senior Israeli official, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 13 Saturday.
Citing Israeli sources, the report claimed that Netanyahu “is furious with Britain” over the decision to withdraw Britain’s objections to the ICC arrest warrants.
As a result, Netanyahu reportedly refused to meet British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who arrived in Israel last week, along with his French counterpart, Stéphane Séjourné, for meetings with senior Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials.