Benjamin Netanyahu calls ICC's arrest warrants against him as 'anti-semitic'

The International Criminal Court ICC headquartered in The Hague has issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Friday accusing them of crimes against humanity and war crimes reported the ANIEnforcing policies of starvation in Gaza targeting civilians are some of the charges against the Israeli leaders The Israeli PM criticised the warrant calling the ICC discussion ldquoantisemiticrdquo on his social media handle comparing it with the infamous Dreyfus trial The antisemitic decision of the international court in The Hague is a modern Dreyfus trial and it will end the same way pictwittercome1l8PMghrBmdash Benjamin Netanyahu netanyahu November 21 2024In a video posted on his official X formerly Twitter handle Netanyahu said The antisemitic decision of the international court in The Hague is a modern Dreyfus trial and it will end the same wayDrawing parallels between his situation and the false treason charges against French Jewish officer Alferd Dreyfus 130 years ago Netanyahu referred to Emile Zolarsquos famous essay Jaccuse that defended Dreyfus and said ldquoNow an international court in The Hague also headed by a French judge is repeating this outrageous offence It is falsely accusing me and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of deliberately targeting civiliansrdquoNetanyahu defended the actions of the Israeli military in Gaza calling it necessary measures to minimise civilian casualtiesWe issue millions of text messages phone calls and leaflets to warn the citizens of Gaza to get out of harms way while Hamas terrorists do everything in their power to keep them in harms way including using them as human shields he saidThe Israeli PM dismissed accusations of imposing a starvation policy and stated that Israel had supplied tons of food in Gaza He said Weve supplied Gaza with 700000 tons of food to feed the people of Gaza Thats 3200 calories for every man woman and child in Gaza And these supplies are routinely looted by Hamas terrorists who deprive their people of muchneeded foodNoting that Israel had facilitated the polio vaccination of 97 per cent of Gazarsquos population he called ICCrsquos charges baseless questioning What in Gods name are they talking about in The HagueThe Israeli Prime Minister slammed the ICC for focusing on Israel while continuing to ignore war crimes in countries like Iran Syria and YemenNetanyahu also denounced the court for its failure to act against Hamas describing their atrocities during the recent Gaza conflict No biassed antiIsrael decision in The Hague will prevent the State of Israel from defending its citizens stated ANIMeanwhile he thanked his allies especially the United States for condemning the ICCs move and said We will continue to do everything we must to defend our citizens and defend our state against Irans Axis of terror which includes Hamas Hezbollah the Houthis and othersOur enemies are your enemies and our victory will be your victorythe victory of civilization over barbarism and tyranny Netanyahu addedWith inputs from ANI