‘Politics in the guise of international law’: Israel rejects ICC decision to continue its Gaza probe

The Foreign Ministry rejects an International Criminal Court decision affirming the continuation of its investigation into the conduct of the war on Hamas in Gaza, and maintaining the arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant.

“Israel rejects the ICC Appeals Chamber’s decision, by a narrow majority, to deny Israel’s right to receive advance notice, as demanded by the principle of complementarity particularly with regard to a democratic state with an independent and robust judicial system,” the ministry tweets.

“This is yet another example of the ongoing politicization of the ICC and its blatant disregard for the sovereign rights of non-party states, as well as its own obligations under the Rome Statute,” it charges, adding: “This is what politics in the guise of ‘international law’ looks like.”