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From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 20, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 20, 2024
Netanyahu on ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants: ‘Scandalous’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the Knesset for a Likud faction meeting, May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
At today’s Likud faction meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the chief ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for him and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant “scandalous.”
“This order will not stop me or us,” he is heard saying in a recording from the meeting. “I will continue to do what is necessary in order to protect the State of Israel and destroy our enemies.”
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced earlier today that he had requested arrest warrants from the court’s judges for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with three top Hamas leaders.
Netanyahu is expected to issue an official statement later today.
