{"id":115269,"date":"2024-11-21T22:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115269"},"modified":"2024-11-21T22:06:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:06:58","slug":"netanyahu-slams-icc-arrest-warrants-as-anti-semitic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/netanyahu-slams-icc-arrest-warrants-as-anti-semitic\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu slams ICC arrest warrants as \u2018anti-Semitic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1816354780029600856\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism on Thursday after it issued arrest warrants for him and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1816354780029600856-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe anti-Semitic decision of the International Criminal Court is comparable to a modern-day Dreyfus trial \u2014 and it will end in the same way,\u201d Netanyahu said in a statement, referencing the infamous 19th-century case where French Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully convicted of treason.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu argued that Israel\u2019s current war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas\u2019s attacks on October 7, 2023, was \u201cjust\u201d and that Israel \u201crejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and accusations made against it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also accused ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan of corruption and alleged that the arrest warrants were an attempt \u201cto save himself from serious accusations of sexual harassment,\u201d a claim Khan has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu claimed that the ICC judges were \u201cdriven by anti-Semitic hatred of Israel\u201d and vowed that the arrest warrants would \u201cnot prevent the State of Israel from defending its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, called the warrants, which also included Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, a \u201cdangerous precedent.\u201d Gallant argued that the ICC\u2019s decision had \u201cplaced the State of Israel and the murderous leaders of Hamas in the same row,\u201d thus legitimising violence such as \u201cthe murder of babies, the rape of women, and the abduction of the elderly from their beds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Isaac Herzog described the court\u2019s move as a \u201cdark day for justice,\u201d stating on X, \u201cIt ignores the basic fact that Israel was barbarically attacked and has the duty and right to defend its people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the ICC had \u201clost all legitimacy\u201d with its \u201cattack on Israel\u2019s right to defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the government to respond by annexing the entire occupied West Bank, which Palestinians claim as part of their future state.<\/p>\n<p>Centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid also criticised the court\u2019s decision, stating, \u201cIsrael is defending its citizens\u2019 lives against terrorist organisations that attacked, murdered, and raped our people. These arrest warrants are a reward for terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli human rights group B\u2019Tselem called for foreign governments to \u201cenforce the warrants\u201d against Netanyahu and Gallant, marking the decision as \u201cone of the lowest points in Israeli history.\u201d It argued that \u201cpersonal accountability for decision-makers is a key element in the struggle for justice and freedom for all human beings living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean\u00a0Sea.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism on Thursday after it issued arrest warrants for him and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. \u201cThe anti-Semitic&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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