Israel urges Canadian PM Carney to drop call for arrest of Netanyahu
The Israeli government is said to have lobbied Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to drop his commitment to enforcing the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should Netanyahu visit Canada.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 05:07 | 21 October 2025
The Israeli government urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to drop his pledge to honour the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travelled to the country.
"We believe that Prime Minister Carney should, of course, reconsider this and welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu, the leader of the only Jewish state and democratic country in the Middle East, to Canada," Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian told reporters.
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