In November 2023, information diverged on the Internet that Türkiye sent a lawsuit against the Prime Minister of Israel to the Hague, accusing him of organizing a genocide in the gas sector. We decided to check if such publications are correct.

In mid -November, many Russian media reported about the lawsuit against Benjamin Netanyahu filed in the International Criminal Court (MUS) in mid -November (for example, “RIA Novosti","Vedomosti" Lenta.ru, "Parliamentary newspaper","Moscow 24"), Users of social networks also shared news ("VKontakte" X, Facebook*) And Platform blog. Information about the lawsuit against the Israeli prime minister was also published by popular Telegram channels: ""The ax live"(800,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Live broadcast"(716 000),"Before everyone else. Well, almost"(436 000), Nexta Live (304,000), "Quickly and accurately"(239,000) and others also wrote about this blogger Anatoly Shariy (771,000 views) and TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov (210 000).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, indeed, accused Israel in war crimes and violations of international law during a military operation in the gas sector after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. He made such a statement on November 15, 2023, that is, approximately at the same time that the news about the lawsuit against Netanyahu began to diverge. Erdogan called the Jewish state terrorist and called on its leaders to answer for his crimes before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Two weeks later, at a speech before his party Erdogan Repeatedthat "Israel will be held accountable before the law," and added that Netanyahu "had already entered his name in history as a gas butter."

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Mus considers Military crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression and genocide, which were committed by a citizen of the state -participant Roman Statute (an international treaty, as a result of which the Mus was established), in the territory of the State party or in a state, which, in a particular case, recognized the jurisdiction of the court. Also in this court, cases sent there to the UN Security Council may be considered. Partially recognized The state of Palestine joined to the Roman Statute in 2015, therefore, alleged crimes in Gas sector Theoretically, they can be regarded as committed in the territory of the participating state. At the same time, the application must be submitted directly to the Palestinian administration, or the UN Security Council, or the country by the participant in the Roman Statute (in some cases, the Musa prosecutor may begin an investigation on his own initiative). Türkiye, like Israel, is not among the signatories of the document, so it is not entirely clear how Ankara could file a lawsuit against Netanyahu. "Verified" could not be found on site The International Criminal Court has any information about the receipt and the more beginning of the consideration of the claim against the Prime Minister of Israel.

The news about the submission of a law on the genocide in the gas sector against Netanyahu appeared on November 14, 2023. This happened after the Turkish lawyer Mukakhit Birinji published on his page in X (formerly Twitter) fast The fact that he, along with two more lawyers, Burak Bekiroglu and Metin Kyulunk filed a lawsuit to the General Prosecutor's Office of Istanbul. On his tweet, the lawyer noted that the statement includes 23 pages, and laid out a scan of one of them. Turkish news agency Anadolu reportedthat the prosecutor's office sent a petition to the Ministry of Justice of Turkey. One of the authors of the appeal, Bekiroglu, explained TASS Russian news agency that the lawsuit was not sent to the Mus, but is under consideration in the Turkish Ministry of Justice.

Despite the fact that Türkiye, not being a participant in the Roman Statute, cannot initiate an investigation against Netanyahu in the Mus, it can attract the attention of the court prosecutors, which, in turn, may begin an investigation. However, at the time of writing the analysis of news that the Ministry of Justice of Turkey passed the appeal of its citizens to the Mus, and the Hague prosecutors accepted it.

Thus, Türkiye did not file a lawsuit against Netanyahu in the International Criminal Court, since, not being a participant in the Roman Statute, she could not do this legally. Three Turkish lawyers as private individuals were treating the Israeli Prime Minister and sent him to the Ministry of Justice of Turkey, which can only transfer it to the prosecutors of the Mus to attract attention to possible military crimes in the gas sector. However, such a document will not be considered a full -fledged claim. Judging by the information available at the time of writing, this has not yet happened.

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