The Israeli leader says he is “disgusted” by the ICC decision, which believes that Netanyahu is responsible for war crimes in Gaza. The former Israeli Defense Minister and the leader of Hamas are also targeted.
The Israeli Prime Minister accuses the of “antisemitism”by the arrest warrant issued against him and Israel’s former defense minister. Netanyahu says he is “disgusted” by the court decision, which he classifies as absurd.
In realtion to the decision, the Benjamin Netanyahu declared, in a statement, that Israel “rejects, disgustso, the false and absurd actions carried out by the ICC against you”.
The note issued also adds that Netanyahu “will not give in to pressure” and that it will continue to defend Israeli citizens.
What does the ICC say?
According to the International Criminal Court, two Israeli rulers will have used hunger as a weapon of war in Gaza and caused profound suffering to civilianswith an increasing number of deaths among babies, children and womenPalestinians.
Already the Hamas leader is accused of “extermination, murder, hostage taking, rape and other acts of sexual violence, torture, cruel treatment in the context of captivity, outrages on personal dignity in the context of captivity and other inhumane acts.”.
The decision of the International Criminal Courturge after, In May of this year, the prosecutor British Karim Khan have requested the issuance of these arrest warrants.
O request was evaluated by the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber, body made up of three representatives – the presiding judge Iulia Motorbike (from Romania), judge Maria of the Socorro Flores Ally (from Mexico) and judge Reine Alapini-Gansou (do Mine) –which considered what is there sufficient reasons to believe that war crimes or crimes against humanity have been committed by the three suspects.
