Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is treated similarly to the military head of Hamas by the absurd International Criminal Court ( ICC). Netanyahu and Hamas defense head Mohammed Deif are wanted on suspicion of crimes against humanity related to the more than a year-old conflict in Gaza, according to the court’s release on Thursday.
According to the Associated Press, Israeli Prime Minister Yoav Gallant and past Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant face claims that Israel used food as a weapon while fighting Hamas in Gaza. Israelis strongly refute the assertion, and there is evidence that Hamas has withheld food and U.N. aid from Gazan civilians. Moreover, hunger apparently has reached a critical point.
In defense of Israel’s steps, and his own,” There is nothing more just than the conflict that Israel has been waging in Gaza”, Netanyahu said in a statement condemning the permits. He called the judge’s actions “absurd and fake”.
The ICC also issued a warrant for Mohammed Deif, accusing him of atrocities including murder, rape, murder, and the bringing of victims during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault on Israel, which killed 1, 200 individuals and led to 250 hostages being taken.
Human rights groups welcomed the ICC’s behavior. According to Barrettees Jarrah of Human Rights Watch, the subpoenas “break the stigma that some people are beyond the law’s purview.”
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Israel, yet, rejects the ICC’s control. Because Israel is not an ICC member state, the court has no power over it, claim Israeli leaders and American authorities. Defense Minister Israel Katz denounced the choice as a “moral disgrace”, calling it tainted by racism.
Despite the subpoenas, the ICC has limited protection features. Although participation is never guaranteed, member states are required to detain defendants on their land.
Also for allies like France or Britain, the warrants make traveling more challenging for Netanyahu and Gallant. If Netanyahu visited, European officials indicated that they would maintain the permit. ” Combating impunity is our priority”, said a French Foreign Ministry official.
Israel’s opposition officials strongly criticized the ICC’s walk. Benny Gantz, a retired public and political enemy to Netanyahu, said it showed “moral myopia” and was a” terrible stain of ancient percentages that will never be forgotten”.
Yair Lapid, another opposition president, called it a “prize for terror”.
The Associated Press adds that shortly after Israel announced a full seal on Gaza and pledged to stop allowing in food, water, or different supplies, it announced a campaign pledge to end Hamas following the October assaults. Under U. S. force, it began allowing a flow of humanitarian assistance to provide a few weeks afterwards. Nearly all of Gaza’s people, or 2.3 million, has been displaced by the plan, leaving the majority of the population dependent on humanitarian help to survive.
Israel asserts that there is no limit to the amount of resources that can enter Gaza. The U.N. and other organizations claim that Israeli military restrictions, as well as popular violence, have caused aid shipments to be stolen, are at their lowest levels in the war.
