The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted Attorney General Gali Baharav Meara as saying: Israel “She is considering her next legal steps.”
She added: “A decision International Criminal Court “It is baseless, unfortunate, and fundamentally legally flawed.”
She continued, saying: “The International Criminal Court, which was supposed to deal with the most horrific atrocities, today failed in its historical role.”
She stressed that “there is no room for issuing arrest warrants against the leaders of a democratic state, as the decision contradicts the principles of the court, which lacks any authority in this matter,” according to the Times of Israel website.
On Thursday, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, called on the court’s 124 member states to take action to implement the arrest warrants issued against each of the following: Netanyahu Galant, in addition to the military commander of Hamas Muhammad Al-Deif.
Khan said in a statement, “I call on all member states to fulfill their obligations under the Rome Statute (the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court) by respecting and complying with these judicial orders.”
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant on charges of committing… War crimes And crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, and against Muhammad Al-Deif during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
In principle, the court’s decision would restrict Netanyahu’s movements, as any of the 124 member states of this body must arrest him if he enters their territory.
“Today, our collective awareness and attention must be directed to the victims of international crimes in Israel and the nation,” Khan explained Palestine“.
Khan announced that his investigation into the situation in Gaza is continuing and that his team is studying “other lines of investigation in the areas included within the court’s jurisdiction, namely Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem “Eastern”.
Netanyahu considered the criminal court’s decision “anti-Semitic,” stressing that he “will not give in to pressure, will not back down, and will not withdraw (from the Gaza Strip) until all the war goals that Israel set at the beginning of the campaign are achieved.”
As for the Hamas movement, it welcomed the international court’s decision, considering it an “important historical” step and “correcting a long path of historical injustice against our people.”
Israel says that the guest, against whom an arrest warrant was issued, was killed in a raid on July 13 in the south Gazabut agitation She denies his murder.