Netanyahu Says ICC Arrest Warrant Would Be an "Antisemitic Hate Crime"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday (April 30) that if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for him and other Israeli leaders over the genocidal campaign in Gaza, it would be an “antisemitic hate crime.”

Reports first surfaced over the weekend that the ICC might issue arrest warrants for Israeli leadership. “If this does happen, it will be an indelible stain on humanity. It would be an unprecedented antisemitic hate crime that would add fuel to the antisemitic incitement that is already raging in the world,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu added that other world leaders should come out against the ICC’s investigation of Israel. “Israel expects the leaders of the free world to come out strongly against this scandalous step, a step that will harm the self-defense not only of the State of Israel, but of all democracies,” he said.

The White House has come out against the ICC investigation of Israel and is working against the effort. “We’ve been really clear about the ICC investigation, that we don’t support it, we don’t believe that they have the jurisdiction,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

Russia has called the US out for hypocrisy since the Biden administration backed the ICC when it issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin last year. “Washington fully supported, if not stimulated, the issuance of ICC warrants against the Russian leadership,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. “The American political system does not recognize the legitimacy of this structure in relation to itself and its satellites.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Antiwar.com

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