The European Union will agree in principle to press ahead with an EU border mission at Rafah, Reuters reports quoting the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

Speaking before a monthly meeting of EU foreign ministers, Borrell also accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using false claims of anti-Semitism against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his political ends.

The bloc is considering reviving its European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) Rafah, which has not been operational since 2007, when Hamas seized full control of Gaza.

“Today we can have a political decision and then it needs to be implemented technically,” Borrell told reporters, adding it would require approval from Israel, Egypt and the Palestinians.

The ICC prosecutor said he was seeking the arrest of Netanyahu and Israel’s defence minister along with Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes. Israel has denounced the ICC as a rogue court and called on allies to reject it.

Borrell slammed Netanyahu over his labelling of ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to seek arrest warrants as evidence of “new anti-Semitism”. He described the comment as intimidation, saying accusations of antisemitism were made every time anyone “does something that Netanyahu doesn’t like”.