The ICC’s vendetta against Israel has gone too far

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant. An ICC warrant was also issued for Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, who was killed by Israel in July. The judges decided that there are ‘reasonable grounds’ that the trio are responsible for war crimes.

The court’s decision marks a new low in international efforts to portray Israel as a uniquely evil country. Placing leaders of a law-abiding democracy alongside murderous terrorists risks equating Hamas’s pursuit of a genocidal aim with Israel’s need to defend itself following the 7 October attack. The warrants demonstrate extreme anti-Israel bias and lack moral clarity.

Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, wrote on X that the ‘outrageous’ decision was ‘taken in bad faith’ and that ‘it ignores the fact that Israel is a vibrant democracy, acting under international humanitarian law.’