JidbaaleArab nations hailed the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to officially issue arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The Iraqi government “values the courageous and just stance taken by the International Criminal Court in issuing arrest warrants against the head of the Zionist entity’s government and its former defense minister,” government spokesman Basim al-Awadi said in a statement.
“This historic verdict indicates that no matter how much injustice continues and attempts to triumph, justice and truth will combat it and prevent it from conquering the world,” he continued.
Al-Awadi praised the verdict as “a vindication for the blood of the innocent and martyrs who perished during the criminal (genocidal) war waged by the Zionist entity for more than a year against Gaza and Lebanon.”
He underlined his country’s call for a halt to the Israeli assault and encouraged “all free nations to implement this decision by bringing the accused to the competent courts to hold them accountable for their blatant violations against humanity.”
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the ICC’s judgment “must be respected and implemented without selectivity.”
“This is a pivotal moment that requires immediate and effective international action to halt the Israeli aggression on Gaza,” Safadi remarked during a news conference with European Union foreign policy leader Josep Borrell.
The court’s ruling is “a message to the entire international community emphasizing the necessity of stopping the massacres against the Palestinian people,” he said.
Algeria also applauded the ICC’s ruling, characterizing it as “an important step and a tangible advancement toward ending decades of impunity and the evasion of accountability and punishment by the Israeli occupation.”
It stressed that “the Israeli occupation has perpetrated crimes against the Palestinian people and against all the countries and peoples of the region.”
Israel has started a genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip after a cross-border offensive by the Palestinian party Hamas in October last year, killing more than 44,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and wounding over 104,000.
The second year of genocide in Gaza has brought increased international criticism, with politicians and organizations describing the bombings and blockade of relief delivery as a premeditated effort to exterminate a community.
The ICC announced in a rare action Thursday that it issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
The court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I said it “issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr. Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest.”
“The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, medicine, and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity,” the decision said.
Israel now faces a genocide complaint at the International Court of Justice for its murderous campaign in Gaza.
