World reacts to ICC arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued apprehension warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and erstwhile Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged “war crimes”.

The tribunal said connected Thursday that location were “reasonable grounds” to judge Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionally and knowingly deprived nan civilian organization successful Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival”.

The ICC besides issued an apprehension warrant for Hamas subject main Mohammed Deif for alleged “crimes against humanity and warfare crimes”. Israel said successful August that Deif was killed successful an aerial onslaught successful confederate Gaza.

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan first applied for nan warrants six months ago. In August, Khan called connected nan tribunal to make a decision, saying, “Any unjustified hold successful these proceedings detrimentally affects nan authorities of victims.”

Since nan determination was announced, Israeli officials person slammed nan warrants, pinch Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev referring to them arsenic “modern anti-Semitism successful nan guise of justice”.

Here are immoderate of nan cardinal reactions to nan ICC decision:

Israel

Netanyahu’s agency rejected nan determination and described nan move arsenic “anti-Semitic” successful a statement.

“Israel rejects pinch disgust nan absurd and mendacious actions levelled against it by ICC,” his agency said, adding Israel won’t “give successful to pressure” successful defence of its citizens.

In abstracted comments, Netanyahu’s agency said nan determination was comparable to “the modern-day Dreyfus proceedings – and it will extremity successful nan aforesaid way,” referring to Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish service skipper who was wrongly convicted of treason successful France.

Hamas

The group welcomed nan determination to rumor apprehension warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, calling it an “important measurement towards justice”.

“[It’s] an important measurement towards justness and tin lead to redress for nan victims successful general, but it remains constricted and symbolic if it is not supported by each intends by each countries astir nan world,” Hamas governmental bureau personnel Basem Naim said successful a statement.

Hamas besides called connected nan ICC to grow its scope to different Israeli officials.

The group did not mention nan warrant for Deif.

United States

The White House said Washington “fundamentally rejects” nan ICC decision, adding that they are “deeply concerned by nan Prosecutor’s unreserved to activity apprehension warrants and nan troubling process errors that led to this decision”.

“The United States has been clear that nan ICC does not person jurisdiction complete this matter,” a National Security Council spokesperson said.

The Netherlands

Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said that his state “respects nan independency of nan ICC”.

“We won’t prosecute successful non-essential contacts and we will enactment connected nan apprehension warrants. We afloat comply pinch nan Rome Statute of nan ICC,” he added.

France

The Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Christophe Lemoine, said that France would enactment “in statement pinch nan ICC’s statutes”.

However, Lemoine declined to opportunity whether France would apprehension Netanyahu if he came to nan country, saying it was “legally complex”.

Jordan

Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said nan ICC’s determination must beryllium respected and implemented. “Palestinians merit justice,” he said.

Norway

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said, “It is important that nan ICC carries retired its instruction successful a judicious manner. I person assurance that nan tribunal will proceed pinch nan lawsuit based connected nan highest adjacent proceedings standards.”

Ireland

Prime Minister Simon Harris said nan warrants “an highly important step”.

He added that Ireland respects nan ICC’s domiciled and that anyone successful a position to assistance it successful carrying retired its captious activity must do truthful “with urgency.”

Argentina

President Javier Milei said connected X that his state “declares its heavy disagreement” pinch nan decision.

He wrote that nan warrant “ignores Israel’s morganatic correct to self- defence against nan changeless attacks by violent organisations for illustration Hamas and Hezbollah”.

European Union

Foreign Policy main Josep Borrell said nan ICC warrants were not governmental and should beryllium respected and implemented.

“This determination is simply a binding determination and each states, each authorities parties of nan court, which see each members of nan European Union, are binding to instrumentality this tribunal decision,” he said.

Amnesty International

The quality authorities organisation said connected X that nan “wheels of world justness person yet caught up pinch those alleged to beryllium responsible for warfare crimes & crimes against humanity successful Palestine and Israel”.

“There tin beryllium nary ‘safe haven’ for those alleged to person committed warfare crimes and crimes against humanity,” it added.

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