Western Nations Respond To ICC’s Netanyahu Arrest Warrants

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I on 21 November unanimously decided to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.

Unlike 124 other countries, Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute. Thus, Netanyahu said the decision has no bearing on them, adding that the ICC is ‘biased,’ and he described the charges as ‘anti-Semitic.’

Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza had k*lled as many as 186,000 Palestinians between 8 October 2023 and early July, per the Lancet medical journal.

Some Western leaders have aided Israel with funding, arms and UN Security Council vetoes. Here are just a few of their public statements on the warrants.

Sources:

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/icc-arrest-warrant-netanyahu-21nov24

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkiye-arab-world-most-european-countries-welcome-icc-arrest-warrants-for-israels-netanyahu-gallant/3403166#

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/11/21/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-warrants-issued-by-the-international-criminal-court/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6FxWmXQAOchttps://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/israel-palestinian-territories/news/2024/article/israel-international-criminal-court-27-11-24

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/berlin-study-icc-warrants-no-more-steps-until-israeli-visit-planned-2024-11-22

https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-statement-will-not-mention-icc-warrant-netanyahu-2024-11-26

https://news.sky.com/story/home-secretary-refuses-to-say-if-uk-would-arrest-netanyahu-after-icc-arrest-warrant-13258193

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/21/netanyahu-calls-icc-arrest-warrant-antisemitic-video

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext