Lawyers, rights groups and politicians accuse Paris of misrepresenting the Rome Statute after its volte-face on obligation to arrest and surrender Israel's PM to the ICC

PARIS (Reuters) -France said on Wednesday it believed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had immunity to actions by the International Criminal Court which is seeking his arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza, given Israel has not signed up to the court statutes.

Now, France has also bucked the general trend. After initially stating that it would adhere to the ICC statutes, Paris has since suggested that Netanyahu enjoys immunity from the