Dutch police detain 19 people after anti-Netanyahu protest outside court

Activists hold up a banner denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Aleks Furtula/AP)

Dutch authorities have detained 19 activists who occupied the entrance to the International Criminal Court on Monday, denouncing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s actions during the war with Hamas.

Campaigners from the Extinction Rebellion group took over a bridge in front of The Hague-based court just after noon, carrying a banner that read “Netanyahu is a war criminal”.