Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned Israel “rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and fees in opposition to it,” after the Worldwide Prison Court docket issued a warrant for the arrest of the prime minister and his former protection minister.
The arrest warrant issued Thursday morning alleges that Netanyahu and the minister, Yoav Gallant, had been celebration to alleged conflict crimes in Gaza.
The assertion issued by Netanyahu mentioned the court docket, which is predicated in The Hague, was “a biased and discriminatory political physique.”
This handout image launched by the Authorities Press Workplace reveals Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center-right, with different officers throughout a briefing within the Netzarim Hall on Nov. 19, 2024.
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“There’s nothing extra simply than the conflict that Israel has been waging in Gaza because the October 7, 2023, coup, after the terrorist group Hamas launched a murderous assault in opposition to us, committing the best bloodbath dedicated in opposition to the Jewish folks because the Holocaust,” his workplace mentioned.
The assertion pointed a finger at Karim Khan, accusing the ICC’s chief prosecutor of bias and describing him as “corrupt.”
– ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti and Kevin Shalvey
