Prime Minister Netanyahu released a video statement regarding the application for an arrest warrant for ICC Prosecutor General Han.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the attorney general’s application as “absurd and wrong” and said it was “directed against the state of Israel and the entire military.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu noted that the attacks on Gaza, which have caused a massive humanitarian disaster since October 7, will continue, and said, “I promise you that the ICC will not stand in the way of Israel’s defeat of Hamas.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu, referring to demonstrations held at universities in many countries calling for an end to Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and support for the Palestinians, said the application in question was “an anti-Semitic document brought to the ICC from university campuses. “It’s another example of principle.”
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement today that the request for arrest warrants for him and Prime Minister Netanyahu was a “shameful attempt” to intervene in the Gaza war.
In a post on his social media accounts, Gallant said:
Arrest warrant filed against Netanyahu
ICC Prosecutor General Kerim Khan announced that he had applied for “arrest warrants” against Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant.
In addition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, Khan also met with Hamas political director Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader Yahya Sinval in the Gaza Strip, and Hamas military leadership, according to a document released by the ICC. Mr. Mohammed and others attended the meeting. Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades He had applied for an “arrest warrant” against Ed Deif.
