Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for him and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, calling it “anti-Semitic”. Netanyahu’s office stated that Israel rejects the ICC’s actions against them and he will not give in to pressure when defending Israel’s citizens. The court cited reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant were responsible for crimes during Israel’s attack on Gaza. While Gallant has not commented on the ruling, political figures in Israel have rallied behind Netanyahu, criticizing the ICC and blaming Hamas for the conflict in Gaza. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called the arrest warrants a “mark of shame” for the ICC, while opposition leader Yair Lapid denounced the move as a “reward for terrorism”. Benny Gantz, who previously served in Netanyahu’s cabinet, condemned the ICC’s “moral blindness” and labeled the ruling as a “shameful stain of historic proportion”. Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir suggested that Israel should respond by annexing the West Bank and severing ties with Palestinian authorities. The article was sourced from an automated news agency feed and has not been altered.
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