Here are the positions of different countries and individual politicians re the issuance of arrest warrants against Netenyahu and Gallant
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Here’s the UK’s shadow justice secretary.
Bernie Sanders: Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif have all launched indiscriminate attacks against civilians and caused unimaginable human suffering. If the world does not uphold international law, we will descend into further barbarism. I agree with the ICC.
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BREAKING: SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM THREATENS TO SANCTION COUNTRIES WHO COOPERATE WITH ICC ARREST WARRANT “I will soon introduce legislation that will impose sanctions on any country that cooperates with the orders of the court in The Hague. “I don’t care if it’s Canada, France, Germany or any other country. These arrest warrants are a threat to the US and not only to Israel. We are next in line. I am convinced that there will be a bipartisan majority for this law and that President Trump will sign it.”
Hungary’s Orbán Viktor @PM_ViktorOrban ·The #ICC arrest warrant against Prime Minister @netanyahu is brazen, cynical and completely unacceptable. I invited Prime Minister Netanyahu for an official visit to Hungary, where we will guarantee his freedom and safety.Germany
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Mayor of Dearborn, an American city, announces it will arrest Netanyahu and Gallant if they step within the city limits.
The incoming Donald Trump administration is reportedly planning punitive measures including sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) following its issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. They are considering personal sanctions against ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan and the judges involved in the warrants. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, indicated a forthcoming strong response to what he described as the ICC’s antisemitic bias. Source: Times of Israel
analysis from @sfardm , Israel’s foremost international human rights lawyer, on the ICC warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant.
@ytirawi reminder that in 2002 the US signed the Hague Invasion Act into law, which states that if any US, NATO or Israeli official is charged with war crimes, arrested and brought to the International Criminal Court, the US will invade and destroy the city and court
22 Nov 2024: @Channel4News “That’s an outrageous lie by Israel.” The ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu is “not anti-Semitic”, says leading human rights lawyer and former UN war crimes judge Geoffrey Robertson KC.
Spain says it will arrest Netanyahu if he enters the country.Switzerland will arrest Netanyahu and transfer him to International Criminal Court if he enters country.Tony Abbott: “There is no moral equivalence between Israel and terrorist Hamas”
Italy says it will arrest Netanyahu if he enters Italian territory.Norway says it will arrest anyone wanted by the ICC
27 Nov 2024: BREAKING: FRANCE WILL NOT ARREST NETANYAHU Israeli PM Netanyahu benefits from “immunity” regarding the ICC arrest warrant, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Israeli Haaretz: France’s declaration of immunity for Netanyahu against the International Criminal Court is part of the negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon.Netenyahu arm wrestled Macron into accepting that he would not be arrested if he arrives in France
