"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling that called for his arrest in an official address to the public on Thursday evening.
Netanyahu sharply condemned the decision that ruled for his arrest. The decision also ruled for the arrest warrant of former defense minister Yoav Gallant...
'This is a moral bankruptcy that undermines the natural right of democracies to defend themselves against murderous terrorism,' he said.
He continued to explain the events that occurred during the October 7 massacre, which resulted in the raping, killing, and kidnapping of Israeli citizens.
'What does the court in the Hague do in response to these atrocities? Nothing,' Netanyahu stated.
Slamming the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netanyahu continued that it does nothing in the face of 'real crimes of humanity being committed around the world.'
'Millions of innocent civilians have been murdered or displaced from their homes in Iran, Syria, Yemen, and other places. Instead of acting against these dark regimes, the court chose to level false accusations against the State of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East,' he continued.
Netanyahu then called the ruling an 'antisemitic step with one goal—to deter me, to deter us—from exercising our right to defend ourselves.'
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