Israelis unite against the International Criminal Court after the warrant issued against the Israeli Prime Minister.
The announcement of the issuance of international arrest warrants against the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, came like a clap of thunder in a stormy sky . Shocked, indignant, Israelis are uniting against the International Criminal Court.
The two leaders are suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated under their responsibility in the Gaza Strip during this war started on October 7, 2023 by the Hamas terrorist attack. Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court in 1998. But the Palestinian Authority is. Since the acts of which Israel is accused took place in Palestinian territory, the judges consider themselves competent.
Since the start of this war, around 44,000 Palestinians have died, civilians and combatants combined, according to the only statistics available: those of the Ministry of Health of…
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