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Gallant on ICC issuance of arrest warrant against him: Court legitimizes murder of babies, rape of women
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant condemns the International Criminal Court over its announcement that it is issuing arrest warrants against him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza.
By seeking to bring him and Netanyahu up on charges of war crimes, the international tribunal has equated Israel and Hamas “and thus legitimizes the murder of babies, the rape of women and the abduction of the elderly from their beds,” he tweets, adding that the court’s decision “sets a dangerous precedent against the right to self-defense and moral warfare, while encouraging murderous terrorism.”
“Gone are the days when we could be denied the right to defend ourselves,” Gallant continues, predicting that the court’s efforts to “deny Israel its right to achieve its goals in its just war will fail” and declaring that he is “proud” of his role in leading Israel’s military during a difficult period.
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