The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
For the first time, the International Criminal Court has taken such action against a senior Israeli official. Just a few hours after this decision, Benjamin Netanyahu responded by saying that this ICC decision is anti-Semitic.
Releasing a video message, Benjamin Netanyahu said, this anti-Semitic verdict of the International Criminal Court of The Hague is like a modern Dreyfus trial.
Its end will also be the same. Let us tell you that the Dreyfus Trial was a case conducted in 1894 against a Jewish military officer of the French Military. It is said that he was sentenced to life imprisonment due to political corruption.
The military officer was accused of leaking secret documents of the French military. He was later found innocent and became an officer in the French army again.
US President Joe Biden also condemned the prosecutor and supported Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas.
A bench of three judges unanimously wrote the decision to issue warrants against Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
‘The Court finds there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals deliberately deprived civilians in Gaza of goods essential for their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel,’ the judgment said. And electricity is included.
The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Mohammed Deif, one of the Hamas leaders. The ICC chief prosecutor had also requested warrants for two other senior Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniya, but they were both killed in the clashes.
Despite the warrants, none of the suspects are likely to appear before judges in The Hague in the near future. The Court has no police to enforce warrants, instead relying on the cooperation of its member states.
The threat of arrest may make it difficult for Netanyahu and Galant to travel abroad.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin, wanted on an ICC warrant for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, recently traveled to Mongolia, one of the court’s member states, although he was not arrested.
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