ICC prosecutor’s bid for PM arrest warrant is ‘scandalous’, Israeli minister says • FRANCE 24
on the basis of evidence collected and examined and analyzed by my office I have reasonable grounds to believe that three senior leaders of Hamas Yahya Sina Muhammad daif and Ishmael Hanah bear criminal responsibility for the following International crimes committed on the territory of Israel and the state of Palestine from at least the 7th of October 2023 I can also confirm today that I have reasonable grounds to believe on the basis of evidence collected and examined by my office that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense yuav Galant bear criminal responsibility for the following International crimes committed on the territory of the State of Palestine from at least the 8th of October 2023 let’s go live to Jerusalem now iris macla is our correspondent she’s with me on the program Iris reaction pouring in to those words from Karim Khan Israeli leaders among them give us the latest on what’s being said today what we’re hearing I think is pretty much outrage across the board in Israeli politics uh we’ve heard from the leader of the opposition who says this is an indelible mist staken it cannot be allowed to stand and turning to the US to look for its support we’ve heard from um Benny gun who is currently a member of this government a former military Chief of Staff himself but not from netanyahu’s party uh and he has also called it moral blindness and a terrible indelible mistake we’ve heard from Israel’s foreign minister who is from Benjamin netanyahu’s party who describes it as scandalous and T amount to attacking the October the 7th victims all over again Israeli media is reporting that he’s setting up um a war room if you like you know and calling other foreign ministers especially Western leaders to see what their reaction will be and if they would actually act on this because don’t forget uh Israel is not a member of the ICC um of the Criminal Court so it it what it does is it prevents uh Israeli leaders from going to countries which are because they would then have to arrest them let’s say France for example so I think that’s where all that negotiation is we haven’t heard from Benjamin Netanyahu himself this time but when it was moted a few weeks ago he also called it an outrage of historic proportions and says Israel has an independent judicial system which investigates um any violations of Law and I have to say that the right-wing parties in his government have dismissed it as anti-Semitism and said that the war in Gaza should be ramped up Iris so that is the reaction today then from the Israeli from Israeli politicians across the political Spectrum outraged today what about though from Palestinians those in Hamas and also those um in fata in the West Bank what we’ve heard is a fata statement that is not on not the supporters of Hamas actually but what they are saying is that this confuses the victims and the Executioner and calls on the ICC the international criminal court just to prosecute Israel uh Hamas said something very similar and said this would encourage that the um prosecution of Hamas leaders would encourage Wars of extermination as Hamas put it but I have to say you know Nadia Hamas is not going to suffer in the same way as Israeli leaders would if these warrants issued you know the process is now it goes to judges of the Criminal Court and it may take weeks or months to issue these warrants but if they are issued Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by many European countries and by the US so then not traveling there anyhow in fact the Hamas Gaza leaders are in Gaza and at the present moment under the ground in their tunnels there this doesn’t affect them but it does affect a country like Israel and Israeli leaders more and I’ve just seen an interview with an international law expert who says describes it as a low point for Israel and says he doesn’t know how a a de a country a democracy can survive something like this if its leaders can’t travel and can’t invite other leaders is here too so very serious consequences for Israel if this is carried out Iris MAA live in Jerusalem thank you very much indeed
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday (May 20) applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler tells us more about what are the reactions in Israel.
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22 comments
Karim Kahn talks big.He is misusing his mandate.He talks about Hamas Leader is a ploy.He tris to deceive the world
World must look for the Bona Fides of CARRIM KAHN
When are they going after Putin? What a joke this is.😢
Yes, Israel believes it is above accountability in all things… Israel uber alles…
It was a long time to come and well deserved for PM Netanyahu and Gallant. The Israeli politicians will condemn the "The moral blunder and the terrible indelible mistake" of the ICC conveniently forgetting their own (having killed 36000 Palestinians and injuring 100K of them, not talking about those under the rubles, forced famine and displacement , 20K orphans (…) . The immoral status of the current state of Israel (which I distinguish from Israel itself) has just fallen to a new low. Let s see if Bibi will finally be ousted or if he will continue to kill Palestinians and crash his country "to achieve victory at all costs" until the next election.
Shame on israel
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So two Hamas leaders are already in the open air prison that Israel created for them – Ok FantastiC so they in prison – What about BiBi , his in no prison
hypocrisy is literally flying over the moon. A clown show
Finally
The ICC has no credibility.
FINALLY!
ICC is a USA and Brussels funded organization to look away at their human rights atrocities around the world.
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This ICC should be abolished.
Same arrogance coming from the State of Israel. Now they are demanding the US to say something or do something. I hope my country stays quiet and does absolutely nothing.
THE POWER FROM THE NETHERLANDS ICC
It is high time Netanyahu's impunity for crimes against humanity came to an end. The ICC should also seek warrants for Blinken and Biden for their complicity.
It's a start.
When a Muslim becomes ICC prosecutor…
The ICC dare arrest an Israeli? Of course that makes it anti-semetic. Israel can do no wrong! Didn't you know that? How dare we, the international citizenship, accuse Israeli leaders of crimes of humanity. How dare we besmirch "the Chosen of God"… Is anyone seriously buying this?
LOL the ICC saved Netanyahu… all of Israel are behind him. Hamas is pissed off too. The Palestinians are finished because of this self centered arrogant ruling.