Israeli opposition chief Yair Lapid additionally criticised the arrest warrants, accusing the court docket of rewarding “terrorism”.
The arrast warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant had been issued on suspicion of “crimes against humanity and war crimes committed” in Gaza since Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 assault on Israel.
“No outrageous anti-Israel determination will forestall us – and it’ll not forestall me – from persevering with to defend our nation in each approach,” Netanyahu stated in a video assertion. “We is not going to yield to strain,” he vowed.
Earlier, Netanyahu in contrast the ICC’s determination to “a modern-day Dreyfus trial”, referring to an notorious Nineteenth-century case by which French Jewish military captain Alfred Dreyfus was unfairly convicted of treason.
He stated Israel “rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and accusations made in opposition to it”.
The judges had been “pushed by antisemitic hatred of Israel”, he stated.