JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel and the U.S. are kicking back hard against the International Criminal Court’s accusations that Israel’s prime minister and defense minister, along with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar committed war crimes, thereby equating them.
Israel’s Knesset met Monday to condemn the ICC accusations.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana declared, “I will not be able to open the meeting without referring to the scandalous decision of the prosecutor at the ICC which put the State of Israel, whatever its leadership, together with the murderous terrorist organization Hamas – which kidnapped, tortured, burned, butchered and murdered Jews for being Jews and Israelis for being Israelis.”
Despite political differences, a huge majority – 106 out of 120 members of parliament – signed a statement excoriating the ICC accusations.
It says in part, “The scandalous comparison by The Hague prosecutor between Israel’s leaders and the heads of terror organizations in an unerasable historic crime and a clear expression of antisemitism.
The ICC’s chief prosecutor said Monday he’s seeking arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the current war.
In a strong statement,
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