Israel – The Israeli National Security Council discussed, yesterday, Wednesday, the possibility of issuing international arrest warrants once morest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy, according to Hebrew media.
The private Channel 13 said that a “secret discussion” took place in the National Security Council today, “in preparation for the possibility of issuing international arrest warrants in the coming days once morest senior officials in Israel.”
She added: “According to the information and indications available to senior officials in Israel, there is a possibility that the International Court of Justice in The Hague will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Halevy.”
She explained that as part of the discussion, a number of immediate measures were approved that Israel must take to confront this potential step, including “launching a political campaign” at the international level once morest it.
The channel revealed that, as part of obstructing the potential move, Netanyahu will hold talks later on Wednesday evening with his counterparts from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Austria.
While Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and Tel Aviv’s Ambassador to Washington, Mike Herzog, will hold contacts with the US Congress and the administration of President Judd Biden.
The channel quoted senior Israeli officials (which it did not name) as saying that this step, if implemented, “brings to mind the measures taken once morest Russia and its president (Vladimir) Putin” once morest the backdrop of the war it has been waging once morest Ukraine since February 2022.
These officials added that the International Court of Justice is expected to focus its arrest warrants on “policy makers, not junior soldiers.”
In this context, the Israeli Political and Security Ministerial Council is scheduled to hold a meeting tomorrow, Thursday, which is expected to address the issue of possible arrest warrants, according to the same source.
Last Friday, the private Israeli Channel 12 said that the International Criminal Court is considering issuing international arrest warrants in the near future once morest Netanyahu and other senior officials on the grounds of committing “war crimes” once morest the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
At the time, the channel said that Netanyahu urgently met with Ministers of Strategic Affairs Dermer, Justice Yariv Levin, and Foreign Affairs Minister Yisrael Katz, to discuss the issue and appeal to Western allies for help.
Since last October 7, Israel has been waging a war on Gaza that has left more than 112,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and famine and massive destruction, according to Palestinian and UN data.
Israel continues its devastating war despite the issuance of an immediate ceasefire resolution by the UN Security Council, and despite its appearance before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing “genocide.”
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2024-04-25 20:40:34
