Trudeau would enforce ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant for post-Oct. 7 war crimes in Gaza [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested that Canada would abide by any rulings of the International Criminal Court in The Hague if and when comes to carrying out a pair of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the country’s former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.

Warrants issued Thursday accused the politicians of war crimes and crimes against humanity for Israel’s military actions in Gaza, following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas.

Trudeau didn’t answer the question directly when asked by reporters what would happen if the Israeli politicians should be travelling in this country. 

“It’s really important that everyone abide by international law,” Trudeau said, while on a stop in Sharon, Ont., noting that Canada was one of the founders of both the ICC, in 2002, and of its sister body, the International Court of Justice, in 1945. “We will stand by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts.”

The ICC prosecutes criminal cases against individuals, while the …