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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant for Gaza 'war crimes'

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday, the court announced on X/Twitter.

"ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant," the post read.

The ICC said that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant committed the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other humane acts.

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REPORT: The Netherlands is the first nation to formally announce that it will act in accordance with the ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant.


Shame on my country! :puke:
 
PM Netanyahu responds to ICC arrest warrants: 'No outrageous anti-Israel decision will stop me'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling on Thursday for his arrest in an official address to the public.

Netanyahu called on the citizens of Israel, telling them that "today is a black day" and that the ICC made a biased decision, becoming the "enemy of humanity."

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Republicans planning forceful response to ICC after Netanyahu arrest warrant
‘The ICC has no credibility and these allegations have been refuted by the U.S. government,’ Rep. Michael Waltz (R., Fla.).

The International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister sparked a flurry of promises from Republican leaders to sanction the court and erode its legitimacy on the world stage.

The GOP-controlled House passed a bill earlier this year that would do just that, though Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) blocked it from coming to a vote in the upper chamber.

In a matter of weeks, however, Schumer will be in the minority—and Republicans will control both the House and the executive branch. Incoming GOP leaders in the House, Senate, and White House made clear that, come January, the ICC will face sanctions and other punitive measures.

“The ICC has no credibility and these allegations have been refuted by the U.S. government,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R., Fla.), President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser, said in reference to the court’s determination that Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant are guilty of war crimes.

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Success for Israel at ICC: Appeals Court orders re-examination of Criminal Court’s jurisdiction​


ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ over Israel, declares Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

In a rare victory for Israel in the international arena, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Appeals Chamber unanimously ordered a lower chamber to re-examine Israel’s arguments disputing the court’s jurisdiction over the country.

Last November, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant “for crimes against humanity and war crimes” allegedly committed during the Gaza War.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar praised the ICC's decision saying, “We said it from the start: The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) doesn't have, and never had jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants against Israel's Prime Minister and its former Minister of Defense.”

“Israel is not a member of the ICC and is not party to the ‘Rome Statute’. The ICC Appeals Court instructed the Court today to do what it should have done from the start: to make a determination with respect to jurisdiction. On this topic, there is only one correct answer: the Court has no jurisdiction over Israel. The warrants were issued unlawfully. They are null and void,” Sa’ar stated.

The five judges didn’t rule over the jurisdiction itself but criticized the Pre-Trial Chamber for not properly considering Israel’s arguments in the case and ordered the reassessment.

While welcoming the decision to reconsider Israel’s arguments, a senior aide to the prime minister criticized the ICC for not suspending the arrest warrants, stating, “Israel expects the [ICC] to cancel the warrants immediately.”

The aide told The Times of Israel that the ICC's decision “highlights the injustice done to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the former defense minister, when the Court issued absurd warrants without having the authority to do so.”

Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon said the decision to reconsider Israel's case “exposes the lack of legitimacy behind the political arrest warrants.”

“When international institutions punish democracies and ignore terrorism, they harm not only Israel but the very values on which the free world is built,” Danon added.

Since Israel didn’t ratify the Rome Statutes, the treaty that established the ICC and defines its jurisdiction, Jerusalem argues that the court doesn’t have authority over the country and therefore has no grounds to issue international arrest warrants against its leaders.

In a detailed explanation of its decision to issue the warrants, the ICC had written that it had found “reasonable grounds to believe” that Netanyahu and Gallant “each bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.”

Israel also challenged the court’s jurisdiction over the Palestinian Territories, based on the Rome Statute's own defining articles. “The absence of sovereign Palestinian territory means that there is no ‘territory of' a State (within the meaning of Article 12(2)(a)) over which the Court may exercise its jurisdiction,” Israel claimed.

Israel argued that if the court were to assert jurisdiction over the Palestinian Territories, it “would require it to act in contravention of binding Israeli-Palestinian agreements that expressly leave such matters to direct negotiation between the Parties, and to make determinations that are wholly unsuitable for an international criminal tribunal.”


 

ICC prosecutor reportedly ordered to keep silent on arrest warrants for Israelis​


International Criminal Court judges have reportedly forbidden prosecutor Karim Khan from publicly disclosing any new applications for arrest warrants in his case against Israel, in a move apparently aimed at lowering pressure on the war crimes tribunal.

The secret order bars Khan from publicly announcing applications to the court for arrest warrants or his intention to seek them, as he looks to level fresh war crimes charges against Israelis, UK newspaper The Guardian reported Monday.

According to the report, judges have bristled at Khan for announcing plans last year to seek arrest warrants — later granted — for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant over suspected war crimes in Gaza, complaining that publicity generated around the disclosures has generated undue pressure on the court.

Khan is preparing to apply for warrants for additional Israeli suspects in connection with alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West Bank and Gaza, sources familiar with the situation told The Guardian.

 
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