Netanyahu Cries 'Antisemitism' After International Criminal Court Issues Warrant for His ArrestChris MenahanInformationLiberation Nov. 21, 2024 |
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reacted to news of the International Criminal Court issuing a warrant for his arrest by accusing the tribunal of being "antisemitic" and bringing up the Holocaust. The ICC issued warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's arrest after finding reasonable grounds to believe the two "each bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts."
Netanyahu condemned the "antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court" as a "modern Dreyfus trial" in a statement released on X: The antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court is a modern Dreyfus trial – and will end the same way. The decision to issue an arrest warrant against the Prime Minister was made by a corrupt chief prosecutor who is trying to save himself from sexual harassment accusations and biased judges who are motivated by antisemitic hatred of Israel.The Israeli government opened the war by announcing their intent to starve the "human animals" in Gaza, is openly starving the Palestinians as we speak, massacred aid workers with targeted drone strikes, and their own soldiers filmed themselves blowing up a Gaza water facility in Rafah earlier this year.
Nonetheless, it's "antisemitic" to point this out and demand accountability. Earlier this year, a group of AIPAC-funded Republican US Senators sent a threatening letter to ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan telling him, "Target Israel and we will target you." Senate Republican leader-elect John Thune just last week similarly threatened the ICC with sanctions if they dare to try and hold Netanyahu accountable for war crimes. "If the ICC and its prosecutor do not reverse their outrageous and unlawful actions to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, the Senate should immediately pass sanctions legislation, as the House has already done on a bipartisan basis," Thune said. "If Majority Leader Schumer does not act, the Senate Republican majority will stand with our key ally Israel and make this – and other supportive legislation – a top priority in the next Congress."
Earlier this year, The Guardian reported that former Mossad head Yossi Cohen threatened the ICC's former chief prosecutor for investigating Israel's war crimes by telling her, "You don't want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family."
The way Israeli officials seamlessly shift between issuing terroristic threats to playing the victim is truly a sight to behold. Follow InformationLiberation on Twitter, Facebook, Gab, Minds and Telegram. |