{"id":230622,"date":"2024-05-23T06:16:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T10:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=230622"},"modified":"2024-05-23T06:16:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T10:16:57","slug":"netanyahu-issues-warning-to-us-leaders-over-icc-arrest-warrants-youre-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=230622","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Netanyahu Issues Warning To US Leaders Over ICC Arrest Warrants: &#8216;You&#8217;re Next&#8217;<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he disagrees with arrest warrants\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cpi.int\/news\/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state\">sought<\/a>\u00a0against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), suggesting that U.S. leaders could be next.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/image_92%28509%29.jpg?itok=ywDn3MYo\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"67f9712e-cb6d-4579-a8f9-d962cc0ac486\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group, in Jerusalem on Feb. 18, 2024. (Ronen Zvulun\/Reuters)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ICC this week said it would seek arrest warrants for Mr. Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and the Hamas leaders, prompting criticism from both Israeli and top U.S. officials, including President Joe Biden. The ICC claimed that the warrants for the Israeli leadership were over the country\u2019s conduct in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Netanyahu said the warrants against himself and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the country\u2019s conduct in its fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip\u00a0<strong>set a \u201cdangerous\u201d precedent for other democratic countries, including Israel\u2019s allies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael is given here a bum rap. I think it\u2019s dangerous. Basically, it\u2019s the first democracy being taken to the dock when it is doing exactly what democracies should be doing in an exemplary way,\u201d he told CNN in a televised interview. \u201cIt endangers all other democracies. Israel is first, but you\u2019re next. Britain is next. Others are next, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/netanyahu-issues-warning-us-leaders-over-icc-arrest-warrants-youre-next\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/netanyahu-issues-warning-us-leaders-over-icc-arrest-warrants-youre-next<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=230622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=230622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=230622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=230622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}