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that it was seeking an arrest warrant against the Israel i prime minister and his defence minister Yoav Gallant – along with threeGove said: “The one thing that seems to me to be absolutely clear is that of course you can criticise Israel , and there are plenty of grounds for doing so.“ Israel is a state like all states, an imperfect one, but trying to defend its people, so equating the two is just nonsensical.
Gove replied: “There is this drive isn’t there, to put Israel in the dock and hold Israel to standards we don’t hold other countries to. “Yes, it is entirely possible in a war that a state will make mistakes and individuals acting on behalf of that state will do things that are wrong.The minister said: “Yeah, but there’s a particular narrative that some are seeking to run at the moment which is intended to hold Israel to higher standards than anyone else – double standards – and de-legitimise Israel for a host of reasons.”
Gove continued: “Yes there are grounds to criticise Israel; yes, there are grounds to criticise Netanyahu for some of the mistakes he has made.“But where are the ICC in dealing with what happened in Syria? What’s happening in Myanmar? What’s happening in Sudan? What’s happening in Mali? What’s happening in Ethiopia?He also claimed that the “person who has killed more Muslims” than anyone else alive is the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
“When the ICC go after him with the same energy they’re going after Israel, then I’ll feel reassured,” the minister said.He acknowledged that the UK is a signatory to the ICC, but does not recognise the state of Palestine – even though the ICC does – meaning there are “jurisdictional issues”.He said the focus should be looking at addressing the growing levels of starvation in Gaza by pushing for more humanitarian aid to get into the Palestinian region.
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