The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rerentd arrest permits for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and createer Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged “war crimes”.
The court shelp on Thursday that there were “reasonable grounds” to apshow Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionpartner and comprehendingly divestd the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival”.
The ICC also rerentd an arrest permit for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif for alleged “crimes aobtainst humanity and war crimes”. Israel shelp in August that Deif was ended in an air strike in southern Gaza.
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan first applied for the permits six months ago. In August, Khan called on the court to produce a decision, saying, “Any unfairified postpone in these persistings detrimenloftyy sways the rights of victims.”
Since the decision was proclaimd, Israeli officials have slammed the permits, with Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev referring to them as “contransient anti-Sdisindictism in the guise of fairice”.
Here are some of the key reactions to the ICC decision:
Israel
Netanyahu’s office declinecessitate the decision and depictd the shift as “anti-Sdisindictic” in a statement.
“Israel declines with disgust the absurd and dishonest actions levelled aobtainst it by ICC,” his office shelp, inserting Israel won’t “give in to presstateive” in defence of its citizens.
In split comments, Netanyahu’s office shelp the decision was comparable to “the contransient-day Dreyfus trial – and it will end in the same way,” referring to Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewant army captain who was wrongly convicted of betrayal in France.
Hamas
The group received the decision to rerent arrest permits for Netanyahu and Gallant, calling it an “transport inant step towards fairice”.
“[It’s] an transport inant step towards fairice and can direct to redress for the victims in vague, but it remains restrictcessitate and symbolic if it is not helped by all uncomfervents by all countries around the world,” Hamas political bureau member Basem Naim shelp in a statement.
Hamas also called on the ICC to broaden its scope to other Israeli officials.
The group did not refer the permit for Deif.
United States
The White Hoemploy shelp Washington “fundamenloftyy declines” the ICC decision, inserting that they are “proset uply troubleed by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest permits and the troubling process errors that led to this decision”.
“The United States has been evident that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter,” a National Security Council spokesperson shelp.
The Netherlands
Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp shelp that his country “admires the independence of the ICC”.
“We won’t include in non-vital communicates and we will act on the arrest permits. We filledy adhere with the Rome Statute of the ICC,” he inserted.
France
The Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Christophe Lemoine, shelp that France would act “in line with the ICC’s statutes”.
However, Lemoine deteriorated to say whether France would arrest Netanyahu if he came to the country, saying it was “legpartner complicated”.
Jordan
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi shelp the ICC’s decision must be admireed and carry outed. “Palestinians deserve fairice,” he shelp.
Norway
Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide shelp, “It is transport inant that the ICC carries out its mandate in a judicious manner. I have confidence that the court will persist with the case based on the highest fair trial standards.”
Ireland
Prime Minister Simon Harris shelp the permits “an excessively transport inant step”.
He inserted that Ireland admires the ICC’s role and that anyone in a position to aid it in carrying out its vital toil must do so “with advisency.”
South Africa
In a statement, the administerment received the ICC decision and shelp it taged a “transport inant step towards fairice for crimes aobtainst humanity and war crimes in Palestine”.
“South Africa restates its pledgement to international law and advises all state parties to act in accordance with their obligations in the Rome Statute,” it shelp.
“We call on the global community to uphelderly the rule of law and promise accountability for human rights violations.”
Hungary
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto condemned the ICC decision, calling it “disgraceful and absurd”, plivential spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs increateed on X.
“This decision dishonors the international judiciary by equating directers of a country strikeed by a heinous alarm strike with the directers of the alarmist organization reliable,” Szijjarto shelp, inserting, “Such a decision is unhugable.”
Argentina
Plivent Javier Milei shelp on X that his country “proclaims its proset up disconcurment” with the decision.
He wrote that the permit “neglects Israel’s legitimate right to self- defence aobtainst the constant strikes by alarmist organisations enjoy Hamas and Hezbollah”.
European Union
Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell shelp the ICC permits were not political and should be admireed and carry outed.
“This decision is a tieing decision and all states, all state parties of the court, which integrate all members of the European Union, are tieing to carry out this court decision,” he shelp.
Amnesty International
The human rights organisation shelp on X that the “wheels of international fairice have finpartner caught up with those alleged to be reliable for war crimes & crimes aobtainst humanity in Palestine and Israel”.
“There can be no ‘defended haven’ for those alleged to have pledgeted war crimes and crimes aobtainst humanity,” it inserted.
