Israel readies for international arrest warrants
“We simply won’t leave the country,” says FM, as International Criminal Court prepares to target Israeli leaders.
Arrest warrants are expected to be filed against (L-R) Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi by the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Israel believes that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will in the coming week issue arrest warrants for top Israeli officials amid charges of humanitarian violations in the Gaza Strip.
Arrest warrants are expected to be filed against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz stressed that Israel has gone out of its way to avoid civilian casualties and enable the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza. In fact, it has done this much more so than any other nation involved in a full-scale war in modern times.
Given this, for the ICC to even entertain the idea of issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders as though they were criminals “is entirely hypocritical. We will just remain here and not leave the country” in order to avoid arrest, Katz told Channel 12 News.
“No one will prevent us from protecting the security interests of the
citizens of Israel and letting the IDF do its job. We will not be
deterred,” he added.
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