US secretary of state, who is in Tel Aviv, says he is also focused on people ‘who are suffering in this crossfire’
Overnight, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an English language video strongly critical of the international criminal court and reports that it could be preparing charges of war crimes against Israel’s leaders. In the address, Netanyahu described it as “an outrage of historic proportions” that a body set up “in the wake of the Holocaust committed against the Jewish people … is trying to put Israel in the dock.” He said: You have to hear this to believe this.
The international criminal court in The Hague is contemplating issuing arrest warrants against senior Israeli government and military officials as war criminals. This would be an outrage of historic proportions. International bodies like the ICC arose in the wake of the Holocaust committed against the Jewish people. They were set up to prevent such horrors, to prevent future genocides. Yet now, the international court is trying to put Israel in the dock.
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