Carney: Netanyahu will be arrested if he visits Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would face arrest if he visited the country.

Carney made the statement during an interview with Mishal Husain on Bloomberg‘s “The Mishal Husain Show,” which was published Friday.

Asked directly whether he would be willing to apprehend Netanyahu and honor the International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued against the Jewish state’s leader in November 2024, he replied: “Yes.”

Addressing Ottawa’s support for Palestinian statehood, Carney accused his Israeli counterpart of working to thwart “any possibility of a State of Palestine, in violation of the U.N. Charter and going against Canadian government policy of whatever political stripe since 1947.”

Justin Trudeau, Carney’s predecessor, said during a press conference on Nov. 21 that he would have Netanyahu detained if the premier arrived on Canadian soil, in line with the arrest warrant issued by the ICC.

“We stand up for international law, and we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts,” said Trudeau, who added: “This is just who we are as Canadians.”

Netanyahu has denounced the court’s decision to issue the warrant as a “modern Dreyfus trial,” saying Jerusalem “utterly rejects the false and absurd charges of the International Criminal Court, a biased and discriminatory political body.”