While it is wondered whether the ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu will be implemented or not, Iranian religious leader Khamenei called for the death penalty, not an arrest warrant.
While some European countries announced that they would comply with the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip, it was reported that Gallant planned to visit the United States, which is not a party to the ICC, on December 1.
This will be Gallant’s first trip abroad after the ICC issued an arrest warrant against him. In Europe, countries such as Ireland, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Norway, and Liechtenstein have announced that the ICC’s decision must be respected and that they will therefore comply with the arrest warrant.
“Now they have issued an arrest warrant for them. This is not enough! The sentence for Netanyahu and the murderous leaders of this regime is death. The leaders of the Zionist regime at the helm should be given the death penalty,” Khamenei added.
According to First Post, “Bombing people’s homes in Gaza and Lebanon is not a victory. Fools should not think that because they bomb people’s homes, hospitals, and people’s gatherings, they have won — no. No one considers this a victory. The enemy has not won in Gaza and Lebanon. The enemy will not win in Gaza and Lebanon…The crimes of the Zionist regime, both in Lebanon, Gaza, and Palestine, are the opposite of what they want, that is, they strengthen and intensify the resistance. This is a general rule. It has no going back, said Khamenei in Persia.
In their decision, the ICC judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant were criminally responsible for acts including murder, persecution, and starvation as a weapon of war as part of a “widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of Gaza,” According to The Times of Israel.
The decision was met with outrage in Israel, which called it shameful and absurd. Gaza residents expressed hope it would help end the violence and bring those responsible for alleged war crimes to justice.
