The reactions of the Israeli authorities to the transfer of the prosecutor of the Worldwide Felony Court docket to request the issuance of arrest warrants in opposition to the Prime Minister of Israel are instant and extreme. Benjamin Netanyahu and its leaders Hamas for struggle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity dedicated in Gaza Strip.
The prosecutor of the ICC Karim Khan stated in a press release that it’s in search of arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israel’s protection minister Joab Gallant for crimes comparable to “intentional infliction of hunger on civilians”, “intentional murder” and “extermination or homicide”.
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the minister Benny Gantz, member of the Israeli struggle council, referred to as the choice one “crime of historic proportions”. “To equate the leaders of a democratic nation decided to defend itself with the despicable terror unleashed by leaders of a bloodthirsty terrorist group (Hamas) is a profound miscarriage of justice and a flagrant ethical chapter,” Gantz stated.
The Minister of Finance of the Israeli authorities Bezalel Smotrich characterised the ICC prosecutor’s pursuit of an arrest warrant as a “show of hypocrisy and Jew hatred” harking back to Nazi propaganda.
“The arrest warrants in opposition to them (together with Netanyahu and Gallant) are arrest warrants in opposition to all of us”Smotrich stated in a press release, calling on Israel-friendly nations to take motion to dismantle the ICC.
Israel’s Minister of Nationwide Safety Itamar Ben-Gvir referred to as on Netanyahu to disregard the Worldwide Felony Court docket and Prosecutor Karim Khan, saying each the ICC and Khan are anti-Semitic, including that Israel’s struggle on Gaza ought to be intensified till Hamas is defeated.
For his half, the chief of the opposition Yair Lapid condemned the ICC’s announcement by talking of “destruction”. Addressing his parliamentary faction, Lapid expressed the hope that the US Congress will convene and condemn the ICC determination.
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