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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Galant. The Hague-based World Court has issued warrants against Israel’s leaders for war crimes committed during conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, where it is at war with Hamas and Hezbollah.
International Criminal Court ordered arrest
The International Criminal Court has also ordered the arrest of Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif as a war criminal. In an official statement, the World Court said, “The Chamber has issued this warrant for the arrest of two individuals, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Galant, who are responsible for war crimes.”
These allegations have been leveled against Israel’s PM
Simply put, the ICC charged Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant with crimes against humanity including murder, torture and inhumane acts, as well as the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare.
Israel denies the allegations
Israel has rejected the charges brought against its leaders by the ICC. Israel says such a decision does not fall under the ICC’s jurisdiction. Israel’s leading opposition leader Yair Lipid also condemned the order, calling it a reward for terrorism.
Benjamin Netanyahu replied
Hours after the ICC decision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his reaction. “The anti-Semitism judgment of the International Court of Justice in The Hague is a modern Dreyfus trial and will end that way,”
Germans were wrongly convicted of alleged treason
he said in a video message on his X handle. The Dreyfus trial, which Netanyahu mentioned in his video message attacking the ICC, was a political and judicial scandal that took place in France between 1894 and 1906, in which a Jewish French army officer named Alfred Dreyfus was accused of leaking military secrets. Was accused of doing. The Germans were wrongly convicted of alleged treason. He was later found not guilty and reinstated in the French Army.
