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Correction: Smotrich says ICC prosecutor requested warrant for his arrest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested a warrant for his arrest. The ICC said that it has not issued an arrest warrant, as previously reported, but did not deny that a request for a warrant had been made by the prosecutor.
In order to obtain an arrest warrant, the office of the prosecutor submits a request for a warrant to a pre-trial chamber of the ICC. The three judges of the pre-trial chamber review the evidence and legal arguments and then decide whether or not to approve the arrest warrant.
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