Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"The outrageous decision by the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, to seek arrest warrants against the democratically elected leaders of Israel is a moral outrage of historic proportions. It will cast an everlasting mark of shame on the international court.

Israel is waging a just war against Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization that perpetrated the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Hamas massacred 1200 Jews, raped Jewish women, burned Jewish babies, took hundreds hostage.

Now, in the face of these horrors, Mr. Khan creates a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of Israel and the henchmen of Hamas. This is like creating a moral equivalence after September 11th between President Bush and Osama Bin Laden, or during World War II between FDR and Hitler.

What a travesty of justice!

What a disgrace!

The prosecutor’s absurd charges against me and Israel’s defense minister are merely an attempt to deny Israel the basic right of self-defense. And I assure you of one thing: This attempt will utterly fail.

Eighty years ago, the Jewish people were totally defenseless against our enemies. Those days are over. Now the Jewish people have a state and we have an army to defend our state.

Notwithstanding the blood libels Mr. Khan has leveled, Israel will continue to wage this war in full compliance with international law. We will continue to take unprecedented measures to get innocent civilians out of harm’s way and to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches those in need in Gaza.

Mr. Khan also sets a dangerous precedent that undermines every democracy’s right to defend itself against terror organizations and aggressors. The ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr. Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas.

But Mr. Khan’s abuse of this authority will turn the ICC into nothing more than a farce.

He’s doing something else. He is callously pouring gasoline on the fires of antisemitism that are raging across the world. Through this incendiary decision, Mr. Khan takes his place among the great antisemites in modern times. He now stands alongside those infamous German judges who donned their robes and upheld laws that denied the Jewish people their most basic rights and enabled the Nazis to perpetrate the worst crime in history.

Two weeks ago, on Holocaust Memorial Day, I pledged this: No amount of pressure and no decision in any international forum will prevent Israel from defending itself against those who seek our destruction.

To all the enemies of Israel, including their collaborators in The Hague, I renew that pledge today. Israel will wage our war against Hamas until that war is won. Because never again is now".

Video: PMO

[marksoda]

Israel has the right to defend the ICC

[abelabel]

long live for Isael.
long life for Israel.
long live for peace.

[louiethesquid]

“Laugh now but you will cry later.” - Elohim

[TerisitaBpower]

Stay strong Sir prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 💪🇮🇱God bless you and protect you🙏🇮🇱and your whole country Israel ur the best strong leader in Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱♥️♥️♥️

[davidherrera]

Exelente Vientos Minister Netanyahu 👉👍 Nuestro Apoyo Total a 🇮🇱💯👍

[aftonair]

Dont do the war crime if you can't do the time, Netanyahu.

The world sees your crimes.
You will be held accountable.

[Sara-wvdj]

You know you can’t do anything about this guy barking, but there is a way, which is to report the video for TERRORISIM!

[syafiqsya]

End colonialism, end occupation, end aprtheid.

[TalzBlaze]

MotherFooker slaughtered 35, 000 People

[Hamadrajpoot]

And one thing more..why u use word holocaust again again? U want to hide behind of this word? No this one's not possible benjamin..

[redpool]

he looks like every call of duty villain

[GTChris]

I do want to point out that after his 3 minutes rant Netanyahu has still not denied commiting the war crimes he's accused of. No matter your religion, no matter your ethnicity, no matter your history the fact remains that: denying people their basic human rights is a crime that should not go unpunished, especially when done on a massive scale during a time of war.
I hope that Israel chooses a new leader soon, one who does not get himself caught up in scandal after scandal after schandal.

I asked my best friend if I could share the wisdom his Jewish mother once told him and that he once told me. I can only hope that you believe me when I say that I asked for his consent to share this.

She told him: "I'll support anyone who mentions the Holocaust to vindicate the Jewish people, but you are mistaken if you think I'll support you if you mention it to vindicate yourself".

[alanjane]

Well said, Mr Netanyahu. I will always be with Israel.

[yellowpauli]

Self defence doesn't allow everything .. i hope you share a cell with Putin

[NaasirOsmaan]

He is talking 200 Hamas kidnapped but not mentioned 35 thousands he killed in Gaza how can we say this man is a fit ? You will soon arrest you whether crying or shouting.

[marcusm]

Satan called, and asked if we could stop comparing him to the people of Israel.
He said it was making him look bad.

[andrefortin]

You claim self defence yet your actions are so offensive! The perpetual victim, Netanyahu!

[Fredy-hl]

Adelante Netanyahu, Dios te bendiga!!!

[worldcorpenterprisesarchive]

Shoutout to the ICC for warranting an arrest for people who are trying to profit off of civilian death

[ahmedalkhaled]

Now the Jewish people have a state! Can I ask how did you create this state?on whose land have you create it? Who authorized you to build it at this spot against its indigenous people will?