Gaza Genocide: Benjamin Netanyahu braces for ICC arrest warrant
Quoting Jewish daily, Maariv, WAFA news agency reported that Benjamin Netanyahu is deeply worried the International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the verge of issuing a warrant for his arrest and other senior politicians in his government.
Amman: Quoting Jewish daily, Maariv, WAFA news agency reported that Benjamin Netanyahu is deeply worried the International Criminal Court (ICC) is on the verge of issuing a warrant for his arrest and other senior politicians in his government.
Citing senior sources, the newspaper stated that Netanyahu is “unnaturally afraid and worried” about the upcoming arrest warrant accusing him of genocide in Gaza. The ruling could take effect as early as the coming month of May.
As a result, he has been meeting ministers in emergency session and legal experts to discuss the possibility of the ICC warrants and the implications of such a move for him as well as other ministers and generals, and for Israel.
The Israeli Prime Minister has been courting world leaders to see whether the ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) could be stopped. In this regard, he has spoken to the UK and German foreign ministers David Cameron and Annalena Baerbock on their recent visits to Israel.
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Observers suggest Washington may vote for the issuance of the ICC warrant in an attempt to end the political career of Netanyahu and stop Israel’s war on Gaza.
Sources also suggest that besides Benjamin Netanyahu, ICC warrants could also be issued for the arrests of the Israeli Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
News reports suggests Halevi may soon be quitting on another related matter to do with the resignation of the Director of Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva for the failure to forecast the debacle of 7 October in which Hamas operatives penetrated the Gaza fence and 1200 Israelis were killed.
The ICC has already accused Israel of ‘plausible genocide’ on Gaza in a merciless war that lasted seven months and is about to start its eight with no end in sight.
Meanwhile Israeli has killed over 34,000 people, injured over 77,000 people and displaced 1.9 people out of a population of 2.3 million in Gaza.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the bloodbath it has perpetrated in Gaza. An interim ruling in January, and additional measures announced in March, the ICJ ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
[The writer, Dr Marwan Asmar, is Amman-based writer covering Middle East affairs.]
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