World leaders split as ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu
The Hindu
Israel and allies denounce ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, while Turkey and rights groups welcome the move.
Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday (November 21, 2024) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Turkey -- and rights groups - welcomed the move.
The court also issued warrants for Israel's former Defence Minister as well as Hamas's military chief Mohammed Deif.
They were issued in response to accusations of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza, set off by the militant Palestinian group's October 7, 2023 attack.
"The anti-Semitic decision of the International Criminal Court is comparable to the modern-day Dreyfus trial -- and it will end in the same way," Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement.
He was referring to the 19th-century Alfred Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish army captain was wrongly convicted of treason in France before being exonerated.
"The ICC issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous," U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement.
"Let me be clear once again: whatever the ICC might imply, there is no equivalence -- none -- between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security."
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