The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned today’s decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Earlier this year, the Simon Wiesenthal Center submitted a legal brief — together with UK Lawyers for Israel, B’nai B’rith UK, theInternational Legal Forum, and the Jerusalemites’ Initiative — to the International Criminal Court (ICC) protesting the inaccuracies and omissions contained in ICC Prosecutor’s applications forarrest warrants targeting Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
In the brief, SWC argued, "Every phrase of every sentence of the Prosecutor’s Statement summarizing the allegations againstNetanyahu and Gallant is untrue.”
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC Global Social Action Director stated “These warrants from a kangaroo court make a mockery of justice andare a victory for Iran and its proxies who seek a real genocide against Israel. Israeli leaders are guilty of defending their citizens from terrorists. We applaud the US government forstrongly condemning this politicization of justice.”
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization. It holds consultative status atthe United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the OAS, and the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO).