Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against him and his former defense chief, Yoav Gallant, describing them as “anti-Semitic.” .
“Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions directed against it by the ICC,” its office said in a statement, adding that Israel will not “give in to pressure” in defense of its citizens.
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former defense chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
In their decision to grant the warrants, the ICC judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant were criminally responsible for the famine in the Gaza Strip and the persecution of Palestinians.
The warrant for Al-Masri lists charges of mass killings during the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, including rape and hostage taking. The prosecution indicated that it would continue to gather information regarding his reported death.
This content was originally published in Netanyahu’s Cabinet says ICC arrest warrant is “anti-Semitic” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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