Israel has appealed the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant, requesting a postponement of its implementation.
Israel has filed an appeal against the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.” Israel announced that it rejects the legitimacy of this decision and questions the court's authority.
“Tel Aviv requested a temporary postponement and appeal of the arrest warrants issued by the ICC on November 21,” the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement .
The statement claimed that if the ICC rejects the objection, the court will prove “bias against Israel.” In addition, attention was drawn to the meeting that Prime Minister Netanyahu had with US Senator Lindsey Graham in the Prime Minister's Office today. It was stated that Graham conveyed to Netanyahu the efforts he has made in the US Congress against the Hague-based court and countries cooperating with the ICC.
The ICC announced in its decision on November 21 that it had issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant “for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza .” This decision also restricts the freedom of travel of Israeli leaders.
The genocidal Netanyahu and Gallant will have to avoid traveling to the European Union and other member states of the ICC, as well as Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, almost all countries in Central and South America, and most countries in Africa. The 124 member states of the ICC will pass decisions that will prevent their freedom of travel.
According to Reuters, “Israel today submitted a notice to the International Criminal Court of its intention to appeal to the court, along with a demand to delay the execution of the arrest warrants,” Netanyahu's office said.
According to Al-Jazeera, Rights groups suggested France had tempered its response to maintain a working relationship with Netanyahu and his government.
“Some shocking nonsense from France here. No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they're in office – not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one,” Andrew Stroehlein, European media director at Human Rights Watch wrote on X.
