NEWSMAX | Published November 22, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the International Criminal Court on Thursday after it issued arrest warrants for him and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant.
The ICC is accusing Netanyahu and Gallant of committing the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts in Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the Iranian-backed group’s terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Netanyahu and Gallant are now internationally wanted suspects. Although Israel and the U.S. are not members of the court, the European Union, France, Ireland, and other countries reportedly said they would honor the arrest warrants.
“The antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court is a modern Dreyfus trial — and it will end the same way,” Netanyahu said in a video statement posted on his X account.
Netanyahu was referring to the wrongful imprisonment of Jewish French artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus in 1896 on a treason charge. Dreyfus was exonerated in 1906, and the case is a notable example of antisemitism in the criminal justice system, according to the Library of Congress.
“Now, an international court in The Hague — also headed by a French judge — is repeating this outrageous offense,” Netanyahu said. “It is falsely accusing me, the democratically elected prime minister of the state of Israel, and Israel’s former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, of deliberately targeting civilians — this, when we do everything in our power to avoid civilian casualties.”
Netanyahu then took aim at ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, who is facing accusations that he tried for more than a year to coerce a female aide into a sexual relationship and groped her against her will. Two co-workers with whom the woman confided at the ICC’s headquarters at The Hague reported the alleged misconduct, but the woman decided against filing a formal complaint. Khan, who was never questioned, denied the allegations.
“The decision to issue an arrest warrant against me, the democratically elected prime minister of the state of Israel, and our former defense minister was made by a rogue prosecutor who is trying to extricate himself from sexual harassment charges and by biased judges who are motivated by antisemitic sentiments against the one and only Jewish state,” he said. “These judges did nothing — they did nothing — against the real war crimes committed against the millions who have been murdered or uprooted by the dictatorships in Iran, Syria, and Yemen.
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“Israel utterly rejects the false and absurd charges of the International Criminal Court, a biased and discriminatory political body.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Jerusalem during a televised address to the nation, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
JNS | Published November 22, 2024
(Nov. 21, 2024 / JNS)
The following statement was released by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office in response to the issuing on Thursday of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant by the International Criminal Court:
The antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court is a modern Dreyfus trial—and will end the same way.
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Israel utterly rejects the false and absurd charges of the International Criminal Court, a biased and discriminatory political body.
No war is more just than the war Israel has been waging in Gaza since October 7th, 2023, when the Hamas terrorist organization launched a murderous assault and perpetrated the largest massacre against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
The decision to issue an arrest warrant against the prime minister was made by a corrupt chief prosecutor who is trying to save himself from sexual harassment accusations and biased judges who are motivated by antisemitic hatred of Israel.
The ICC prosecutor lied when he told American senators that he would take no action until he had visited Israel and heard its side.
Instead, he canceled his arrival in Israel last May, several days after suspicions of sexual harassment were made against him, and announced his intention to issue arrest warrants against the prime minister and former defense minister.
No anti-Israel decision will prevent the State of Israel from defending its citizens.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not give in to pressure. He will continue to pursue all the objectives that Israel set out to achieve in its just war against Hamas and the Iranian axis of terror.
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SOURCE: www.jns.org
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