The claim came soon after Netanyahu's cabinet agreed to a French-backed ceasefire in Lebanon and is in contrast to Paris's attitude towards last year's ICC war crimes warrant issued against Vladimir Putin, another leader of a non-member country.
After the court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on Friday, France initially signalled that it would fulfil its obligations as a signatory to the Rome statute, the ICC's founding document, if either visited the country.
However, yesterday the French foreign ministry appeared to change its tone and claimed Netanyahu had immunity because Israel was not signatory to the statute.
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