An Israeli lawyer has submitted a complaint to the ICC against eight Israeli officials, including Netanyahu and Herzog, for incitement to genocide.
Omer Shatz, an Israeli attorney, is pursuing legal action at the International Criminal Court against eight Israeli officials, among them President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for inciting genocide against Palestinians.
The 170-page submission, which Shatz states took a year to prepare in collaboration with students at the International Law in Action clinic at Sciences Po in Paris, accuses the eight individuals including former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant-of having "publicly and directly incited others to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza."
The new submissions say: "Unlike all other ICC crimes and modes of liability, this inchoate crime (incitement to genocide) can and indeed must be independently investigated and prosecuted, regardless of whether genocide has been committed or not."
The other individuals named in the complaint are current Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, retired Major General Giora Eiland, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and journalist Zvi Yehezkeli.
