It is not a matter of a German court to do the arrest. It is a matter of the Police, which is part of the executive branch and hence under the government.
First off, most police in Germany isn’t federal. Secondly, guess who decides on matters of arrest and extradition. It isn’t the police, or executive in general.
I mean they can play games with e.g. the federal prosecutor (a political civil servant) not wanting to prosecute which will then invariably lead to someone opening a case against him for obstruction of punishment (being a political appointee doesn’t mean you don’t need to follow law) which if nothing else will lead to a court deciding on the merits of Netanyahu’s arrest but that’s all a clown show. It won’t happen because the foreign service will tell the Israelis, in no unclear terms, that Netanyahu is well-advised to not step foot on German soil.
You seriously think Bibi would gamble getting extradited to the ICC over a political play? For what fucking ends. Even if what you allege is true and the government would do everything in its power to prevent that, for which it really has no reason (nor political backing from the people) the ambiguity of the situation will keep him from risking it.
It is not a matter of a German court to do the arrest. It is a matter of the Police, which is part of the executive branch and hence under the government.
First off, most police in Germany isn’t federal. Secondly, guess who decides on matters of arrest and extradition. It isn’t the police, or executive in general.
I mean they can play games with e.g. the federal prosecutor (a political civil servant) not wanting to prosecute which will then invariably lead to someone opening a case against him for obstruction of punishment (being a political appointee doesn’t mean you don’t need to follow law) which if nothing else will lead to a court deciding on the merits of Netanyahu’s arrest but that’s all a clown show. It won’t happen because the foreign service will tell the Israelis, in no unclear terms, that Netanyahu is well-advised to not step foot on German soil.
You seriously think Bibi would gamble getting extradited to the ICC over a political play? For what fucking ends. Even if what you allege is true and the government would do everything in its power to prevent that, for which it really has no reason (nor political backing from the people) the ambiguity of the situation will keep him from risking it.