Israel Tells Soldier To ‘Flee’ Sri Lanka Over War Crime Arrest, Netanyahu ‘Skips’ Auschwitz Ceremony

The Rzeczpospolita newspaper said Netanyahu would be absent from the January 27 observances because of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has accused Israel’s leader of committing war crimes against Palestinian civilians. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wladysław Teofil Bartoszewski told the paper that Poland, as a signatory to the ICC, is bound to respect the court’s legal orders. In Netanyahu’s absence, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is expected to represent Israel at the event, which will bring together Holocaust survivors and leaders from around 20 nations. n18oc_world n18oc_crux