The International Criminal Court announced that it is filing arrest warrants for colonial prime minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and colonial war minister Yoav #Gallant, on the grounds that they have committed war crimes in their aggression on #Gaza. The charges leveled against them include intentional starvation, extermination, and persecution.
The Court is also issuing arrest warrants for the leader of Hamas in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, Commander-in-Chief Mohammed Deif, and head of #Hamas political bureau Ismail #Haniyeh.
The announcement that the #ICC prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav #Gallant as well as #Hamas leaders Yahya #Sinwar and Ismail #Haniyeh is a signal to Israel that the international community will not accept the perpetration of war crimes in response to war crimes, says Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow, MENA Programme at Chatham House. He spoke to France24's Mark Owen #Gaza#Israel
>> decision to seek arrest warrants… is retribution against Israel for the original [sin] of existing as a #Jewish State
The reason #Torres is completely unhinged here is because ICC prosecutor ALSO said that he had “reasonable grounds to believe” that #Sinwar, #Deif & #Haniyeh were responsible for “#warCrimes and #crimesAgainstHumanity” — including “the killing of hundreds of #Israeli civilians in attacks perpetrated by #Hamas”
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Karim Khan said that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav #Gallant and three Hamas leaders — Yehia #Sinwar, Mohammed #Deif and Ismail #Haniyeh — are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the #Gaza Strip and #Israel.
"Haniyeh's sisters live in Tel Sheva, and one of them gave birth to a premature baby in the last few days, receiving life-saving treatment from the medical team."