The ICC reportedly requested a warrant for Smotrich’s role expanding settlements. Formal charges have yet to be issued.

Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor had requested an arrest warrant against him, reportedly in response to his illegal forced expulsion of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank. He said he planned to “fight back” by issuing an order to forcibly evict hundreds more Palestinians from their homes in the West…

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