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Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant

Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel (‘Israel’) brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute (the ‘Statute’). It also issued warrants of arrest for Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant.

CAIR Obtains Federal Court Ruling Against Texas’ Unconstitutional Crackdown on Student Criticism of Israel

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), today welcomes a ruling from a federal court in Texas allowing the civil rights group’s lawsuit challenging the application of Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order punishing criticism of Israel on college campuses. In a major win for anti-genocide protestors across the country, the court also held that government rules generally forbidding students from criticizing Israel are unconstitutional.