Thursday, the decision of the International Criminal Court, the rejection of the request submitted by Israel, suspended the implementation of the arrest mandates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former defense secretary, Yoav Gallet, resisted Tel Aviv.
“We have said from the start that the International Criminal Court of The Hague does not have, and it has never owned the judicial jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants against the Israeli Prime Minister and the former Minister of Defense.”
He continued: “Israel is not a member of the International Criminal Court, and it was not a party to the Rome statutes system that established the court”, affirming that “the court has no judicial jurisdiction over Israel”, as he said that the “illegally issued tickets, it is invalid and zero”.
For its part, the Corporation of Israeli broadcasting quoted Israeli officials saying that they are “equal to the decision of the Criminal Court to keep the arrests of Netanyahu and Gallant, describing it as” ridiculous and illegal. “”
Earlier yesterday, the International Criminal Court announced its rejection of a request submitted by Israel to suspend the implementation of the two arrest warrants of Netanyahu and Gallant, wanted for justice for crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Futile
It should be noted that Israel submitted a request for suspension of the implementation of the two arrest warrants issued against Netanyahu and Gallant, in the context of the appeal of the court jurisdiction, but the courtroom of the Court considered that this request is “useless because of the legal basis to submit it, and therefore rejected it, according to a declaration published by the Court on its website last night.
“The appeal chamber refused, due to the use of the feasibility, Israel asked to suspend the implementation of the arrest warrants and any other legal measure taken by the Court accordingly,” the press release said.
The decision to refuse to suspend the implementation of arrest mandates against Netanyahu and Galant is an important step within the framework of the case, because it underlines the insistence of the court to move forward in the legal procedures linked to the case despite the appels that Israel has raised.
On November 21, 2024, the court published two arrest warrants against Netanyahu and its former Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant (2022-2024), for crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza.
With American support, since October 7, 2023, Israel has committed genocide crimes in Gaza, which left more than 168,000 martyrs and injured the Palestinians, most children and women and more than 11,000 missing.