World reacts to ICC arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued apprehension warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and erstwhile Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged “war crimes”.

The tribunal said connected Thursday that determination were “reasonable grounds” to judge Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian colonisation successful Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival”.

The ICC besides issued an apprehension warrant for Hamas subject main Mohammed Deif for alleged “crimes against humanity and warfare crimes”. Israel said successful August that Deif was killed successful an aerial onslaught successful confederate Gaza.

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan archetypal applied for the warrants six months ago. In August, Khan called connected the tribunal to marque a decision, saying, “Any unjustified hold successful these proceedings detrimentally affects the rights of victims.”

Since the determination was announced, Israeli officials person slammed the warrants, with Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev referring to them arsenic “modern anti-Semitism successful the guise of justice”.

Here are immoderate of the cardinal reactions to the ICC decision:

Israel

Netanyahu’s bureau rejected the determination and described the determination arsenic “anti-Semitic” successful a statement.

“Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and mendacious actions levelled against it by ICC,” his bureau said, adding Israel won’t “give successful to pressure” successful defence of its citizens.

In abstracted comments, Netanyahu’s bureau said the determination was comparable to “the modern-day Dreyfus proceedings – and it volition extremity successful the aforesaid way,” referring to Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish service skipper who was wrongly convicted of treason successful France.

Hamas

The radical welcomed the determination to contented apprehension warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, calling it an “important measurement towards justice”.

“[It’s] an important measurement towards justness and tin pb to redress for the victims successful general, but it remains constricted and symbolic if it is not supported by each means by each countries astir the world,” Hamas governmental bureau subordinate Basem Naim said successful a statement.

Hamas besides called connected the ICC to grow its scope to different Israeli officials.

The radical did not notation the warrant for Deif.

United States

The White House said Washington “fundamentally rejects” the ICC decision, adding that they are “deeply acrophobic by the Prosecutor’s unreserved to question apprehension warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision”.

“The United States has been wide that the ICC does not person jurisdiction implicit this matter,” a National Security Council spokesperson said.

The Netherlands

Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said that his state “respects the independency of the ICC”.

“We won’t prosecute successful non-essential contacts and we volition enactment connected the apprehension warrants. We afloat comply with the Rome Statute of the ICC,” helium added.

France

The Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Christophe Lemoine, said that France would enactment “in enactment with the ICC’s statutes”.

However, Lemoine declined to accidental whether France would apprehension Netanyahu if helium came to the country, saying it was “legally complex”.

Jordan

Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the ICC’s determination indispensable beryllium respected and implemented. “Palestinians merit justice,” helium said.

Norway

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said, “It is important that the ICC carries retired its mandate successful a judicious manner. I person assurance that the tribunal volition proceed with the lawsuit based connected the highest just proceedings standards.”

Ireland

Prime Minister Simon Harris said the warrants “an highly important step”.

He added that Ireland respects the ICC’s relation and that anyone successful a presumption to assistance it successful carrying retired its captious enactment indispensable bash truthful “with urgency.”

South Africa

In a statement, the authorities welcomed the ICC determination and said it marked a “significant step towards justness for crimes against humanity and warfare crimes successful Palestine”.

“South Africa reaffirms its committedness to planetary instrumentality and urges each authorities parties to enactment successful accordance with their obligations successful the Rome Statute,” it said.

“We telephone connected the planetary assemblage to uphold the regularisation of instrumentality and guarantee accountability for quality rights violations.”

Hungary

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto condemned the ICC decision, calling it “shameful and absurd”, statesmanlike spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs reported connected X.

“This determination disgraces the planetary judiciary by equating leaders of a state attacked by a heinous panic onslaught with the leaders of the violent enactment responsible,” Szijjarto said, adding, “Such a determination is unacceptable.”

Argentina

President Javier Milei said connected X that his state “declares its heavy disagreement” with the decision.

He wrote that the warrant “ignores Israel’s morganatic close to self- defence against the changeless attacks by violent organisations similar Hamas and Hezbollah”.

European Union

Foreign Policy main Josep Borrell said the ICC warrants were not governmental and should beryllium respected and implemented.

“This determination is simply a binding determination and each states, each authorities parties of the court, which see each members of the European Union, are binding to instrumentality this tribunal decision,” helium said.

Amnesty International

The quality rights organisation said connected X that the “wheels of planetary justness person yet caught up with those alleged to beryllium liable for warfare crimes & crimes against humanity successful Palestine and Israel”.

“There tin beryllium nary ‘safe haven’ for those alleged to person committed warfare crimes and crimes against humanity,” it added.