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May 20, 2024

ICC Prosecutor attempting to "criminalize the self-determination of the Jewish people"

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan (ICC Photo)
"An International Criminal Court prosecutor announced Monday that he has filed applications for arrest warrants against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders for allegedly committing ‘war crimes’ during the conflict in Gaza...

‘The move by the ICC prosecutor turns right and wrong on its head by equating the self-defense of the democratic Jewish state – as necessarily conducted by its prime minister and defense minister – with the genocidal ambitions of Palestinian terrorists,’ Anne Bayefsky, the director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and president of Human Rights Voices, told Fox News.

‘Second, it attempts to criminalize the self-determination of the Jewish people. Third, it is a direct result of the policy of the Biden administration, that has systematically undermined Israel's war of survival at every step, even questioning its legality, and effectively gave a wink-wink to the prosecutor to move forward,’ she added. But most importantly for the American Congress, it directly invokes American law, which calls for immediate, direct actions to defend Israel and sanction the court and its actors for upending law and justice."
Date
May 20, 2024
Title
ICC requests arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders over ‘war crimes’, Fox News
Author(s)
Greg Norman
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/icc-requests-arrest-warrants-netanyahu-hamas-leaders-war-crimes
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