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The lawyer and wife of George Clooney suggested that the Jewish state used “starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and extermination.”
“We reject the prosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas. It is shameful,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The prime minister is urging all 120 members of the Knesset to sign a declaration denouncing the move by the court’s chief prosecutor.
The Hague prosecutor’s move is a “political step that emboldens terrorists around the world,” the Israeli president said.
A senior official said the decision to request arrest warrants gives encouragement to Israel to continue its “war of extermination” against Hamas.
Arrest warrant request evidence of the bankruptcy of the international legal institutions, former Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar says.
Members of Congress slammed the International Criminal Court’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Chief prosecutor Karim Khan said he would also seek warrants against Hamas terror leaders.
“No apology. No explanation. I believe this is a perfect example of ‘too little, too late,’” the Israeli professor said.
Within Our Lifetime, a group whose top activists have been linked to attacks on Jews, organized the “Flood Brooklyn for Gaza Rally.”
Amnon Ohana, 64, suffered a fractured jaw during the assault, which occurred in front of his daughter.
“Calling something a genocide, again and again, does not make it genocide,” said Gilad Noam, an attorney for the Jewish state. “Repeating a lie does not make it true.”
