“The crucial work of the International Criminal Court must take place freely and without interference.” The Spanish Foreign Ministry stated this today in a message posted on
The Madrid government defends “the crucial work” and “independence and impartiality” of the International Criminal Court after the prosecutor’s request for arrest orders against the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, and various Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity for the October 7 attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement and the subsequent Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.
“Spain reiterates its commitment to the international criminal court,” the foreign ministry says.
ANSA Agency Tajani, it is unacceptable that the CPI equates the Israeli government with Hamas – News – Ansa.it “It is a request and it is not a decision but it seems unacceptable to me that a government legitimately elected by the people in a democratic way is equated with a terrorist organization which is the cause of everything that is happening”. (HANDLE)Gallant, ‘Israel does not recognize the authority of the Court’
“A disgusting parallel” between Israel and Hamas. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said this, referring to the decision of the Prosecutor of the Criminal Court in The Hague to issue arrest warrants for both the Israeli and Hamas leadership. “Israel – he added – does not recognize the authority of the Court”.
After recalling that Israel “is not part of the ICC”, Gallant underlined that “Prosecutor Karim Khan’s attempt to deny Israel’s right to self-defense and ensure the release of hostages in Gaza must be clearly rejected”.
Beijing: ‘The ICC maintains an objective position’
China said it hoped the International Criminal Court (ICC) would maintain an “objective” stance following prosecutor Khan’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders.
ANSA Agency Biden, what is happening in Gaza is not genocide – News – Ansa.it “We want the Hamas butchers to be defeated and we are at Israel’s side. We reject the ICC: there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas. What is happening” in Gaza “is not genocide”. US President Joe Biden says so. (HANDLE)“We hope that the ICC will maintain an objective and impartial position and exercise its powers in accordance with the law,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, calling for an end to the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
Amal Clooney among the experts who assisted the ICC
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney supports the ICC’s decision to request an arrest warrant for Hamas leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Clooney herself said this, who was among the international law experts called by the ICC prosecutor to assist him in the decision. “I served on that commission because I believe in the rule of law and the need to protect civilians,” she said in a statement on the website of her Clooney Foundation for Justice, the Lebanese lawyer married to actor George Clooney.
“The law that protects civilians in war was developed over 100 years ago and applies in every country in the world, regardless of the reasons for the conflict.” In the statement, Clooney also states that “there are reasonable grounds” to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant “have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity including the use of starvation as a weapon, assassination, persecution and extermination
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