Many of Israel’s Western supporters indicate they would arrest Netanyahu. Will Australia and NZ follow suit?
- Written by Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University
Ever since the October 7 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the Albanese government has consistently said Australia respects Israel’s right to defend itself, but how it does so matters.
To an international lawyer, those words are code for simultaneously exercising the right of self defence and respecting international humanitarian law....
