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A 100 pounds of things have been killed in the past 24 hours and a round on supreme lead it because 5 days of voting but says the nation will proceed as normal of to present abraham right, you see was killed in the helicopter crash. And in Sport Premier League side, liverpool have confirmed their new manager for next season. Dodge, coach ernie slots will take over from your can clot police after 9 years in charge. The thanks for joining us. The prosecutor of the International Criminal court of the hey, has applied for rest warrants for is ready Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And im ashley to ya. Symbol both man of being held responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. From this type of october onwards. A some, a bunch of age has more solving children is a crime the, the killing civilians is a war crime. And wilfully causing suffering is also a criminal act. Those are the top 2 reasons. The prosecutor of the International Criminal court is cited for requesting and restaurants for these really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister golf kalonde have reasonable grounds to believe on the basis of evidence collected and examined by my office. That hes really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to administer of defense. You. Ive got back criminal responsibility for the following. International crimes committed on the territory of the state of palestine. Several is read. The ministers have denounced the allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity before the minister is red cods, that says its a historic disgrace. And that especially for room has been set up to counteract the decision. But not everyone agrees is what i really gain to text. It says, was this war of the whole vague as of december 8th. And the hardwood is against us any to unite the game . These very easy to very nation, at least still even more nation is theres a way that everyone receives. So just in such a victim by the evil decision, i think its adjusted. This is the icpc prosecute is also seeking the rest of ordering support from us political and been if you need to explain honey, you can send bar and bahama dave that are reasonable grounds to believe that these 3 im actually to is a criminal. Youre responsible for the killing of these really civilians and attacks perpetrated by a mass. Im groups on the 7th of october 2023. The Palestinian Group says the arrest warrants for nothing. Yahoo and kalonde a several months too late. And rather than equating the victim, but the perpetrator, i c, c, should or did the rest of all occupation officials gave orders and the soldiers who carried out the crimes. If we want to be honest, we should be looking at what it is that the government is really government has been doing the orders that it has it issued to its soldiers and its issued orders to its soldiers to carry out a genocide. If this court is to have any credibility, it should be going after the people were committing genocide, rather than just simply trying to play this game of both sides. For months, the i c. C. Prosecute to face criticism of the cottage and gods unfolded cream hunts. Critics, even of the un Security Council, criticize what they saw as, as in action to hold is we had a comfortable seas via a ceasefire. Israels allies, including the United States, mostly expressed anger. I had to run dave, i cc announcement target israel and we will talk to you that a warning letter from it doesnt Us Republican Senate has the trenton funding and sanction i. C. C stop and their families. 3 this is bills of today in the me, a talk over the rest warrants isnt likely to have an Immediate Impact on the war which has killed more than 35000 palestinians and displaced millions more since october. Some of the job, you know, because there is where the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to the news from the International Criminal court. In a prerecorded address, a bus increase the luck, theyre good lessons really dislike. These are lies in the hague, is miles victory is not a lie. These allies against the Prime Minister and the secretary of defense, these allies against the states if is right, well, this is against the people who are fighting with heroism against him. Us who attacked us the i, c. C, chief persecution. How can he compare . Ill brave military with how much, how much we have killed and mexican us as a Prime Minister of israel. I refuse the comparison between the killers from us and us. This is the new anti semitism and how it manifests itself. Its tacit at the universities and now its at the hague people of israel. We will never fail the jewish people that they couldnt defend themselves 80 years ago. And id like to reiterate, no International Entity can stand against us or prevent us from achieving our decisive victory of all not couple see the model, but we have a team of correspondents around the world that are following all the latest developments on the story will be getting reaction from handle quarter in central gaza. But im, im a havent jump june whos in amman, jordan with the its really reaction to the news and internationally. We have Gabriel Ellis on those standing by the United Nations and pasco haines as a Us State Department. But 1st lets go to the i c. C. Step boston is the in the hague for us and step. You heard the words from Benjamin Netanyahu, pushing back fiercely. Against this move of the i. C. C probably comes as no great surprise, but that will be strong criticism against this movies by cream. Calm, the chief prosecutor, the or no, i dont think that that came as a big surprise. I think this is the all expected to buy to prosecute the cut them time here at the i to see has been reading this all very delicately. It took him a long time months to do this investigation. That was a lot of pressure from pro Palestinian Groups that he really need to, to hold as rel accountable. But also on the other side, from us, a rep, republican senators who wrote a letter, a threatening, basically the to see if they would go ahead with this case and issue a rest for once that there will be rest precautions and sanctions but got them try and made himself very clear this morning. He said nobody is above the law and lives have also equal value. And this also nobody can threaten this course. And thats something that he has of sat in the past as well when the slot to was sent to him in april. He also said, you cant just simply wrapped in the International Criminal court. And what we said also in 2020, it happened also that the u. S. A put sanctions on prosecute or of the i see the history to assess us at the time. Also for a case for war crimes, enough guide is done. So it is always been a lot of pressure and i think today, but we were all aware here in the hague that that was coming. And of course, they still decided to go ahead with it. And as you say, go ahead, they will took us through the next steps because we know that this is an application. The 1st step in what they hope will be the issuing of a rest ones for these 5 individuals. Exactly these uh, requests for 5 references. So now being sent to the free trial chamber, so the charges there will have to decide if uh, the prosecutor has a valid arguments to have these arrest where what was issued. They have to look at the jurisdiction of the court and this case, but also uh, sort of fact if these uh suspects then needs to be in the hague and that they need to be arrested because for example, are these crimes still a come uh, being committed as we speak and thats exactly what card im concept during his announcement. Is that what were seeing at the moment in guys its still continuing what he says, this war crimes and crimes against humanity. So we will expect a decision maybe in a few weeks. And then of course, when they decide to issue be arrest warrants, then the 124. 00 country set up signed up to the wrong statute. Have the obligation to arrest the suspect. The people who are fin bingo for and being sent to the hague, to be detained here. So the trial can continue. But these 124. 00 countries dont include the United States, for example. And also the flute is wrong. They dont include china, india, but many countries in europe for example, are included and also in africa, south america. So it will definitely limit the scope of traveling of these 5 individuals probably complicate relationships with israel as well. Step voss and a lot of the i c c in the hey many thanks for that. Thats across to mohammed jumped to you now from all its really reaction, just a reminder that ill just here as being fine from israel. Thats why my habit is reporting for us from the to danny capital. Im on. I havent curry, the fierce fee us reaction to developments of the i. C. C from benjamin. Thats a yahoo a cleaner thing, the court of anti semitism. How does this match with other opinions coming out of his real a yeah, thats right. Move. I mean, what weve heard is not a surprise across the political spectrum and was a reminder of yours. It is a deeply divided political spectrum in israel, but across the political spectrum, youve had outrage expressed you heard a bit from a Prime Minister netanyahu earlier in the show. Let me tell you more. What do you have to say in that prerecorded speech . He said as the Prime Minister of israel i reject with discussed the comparison of the prosecutor in the hague, between democratic israel and the mass murders of how much this is a complete distortion of reality. Beyond that, we also had been a gaps. Hes a former defense minister and a member of the work cabinet. He put out a statement earlier in which he said, placing the leaders of a country who went into battle to protect its citizens in the same line with blood thirsty terrorist is meryl blindness and a violation of its duty inability to protect its citizens. Then you have your la pete, hes the head of the opposition and israel. He put out a tweet earlier in the day in which he said, the icpc arrest warrants already complete moral failure. We cannot accept the outrages comparison between them. Yahoo and send war between the leaders of israel and the leaders of hamas. And finally we also had a statement put out by is really president issac heard. So again, which he said among other things, the announcement of the prosecutor at the i c. C is beyond outrages and shows the extent to which the International Judicial system is in danger of collapsing. We expect all leaders in the free world to condemn outright this step and firmly reject it. So basically, despite whatever political affiliation somebody may have, the leaders of the political leader speaking out of israel right now, are all united in their outrage against this decision for kareem contest seek these arrest warrants. I should mention also were seeing and we have really pressed on name does really officials using words like hypocrisy, distortion of reality, embarrassment to describe what has happened today. Need a certain mohammed to a very interesting point. So in a way what is playing out of the i . C. C goes some way in, in unifying what previously has been a very divided political landscape. I want to then, what the impact will be on perceptions regarding as well as operations and gone to the weather. That would be more unity regarding that now. And this is going to be very interesting to see how it plays out. Because on the one hand you have is real rejecting this as they have rejected numerous times that they have been called on the carpet by international institutions. Lets not forget how many times there have been you in security resident resolutions of finding ones that is realize completely disregarded and said that the, the u. N. As a body, that is anti israel. Now you have pressure being applied on israel by the i c c. But also its interesting because on a day when you how to i top us official National Security advisor jake sullivan, who had been in israel the past 2 days for speaking with nathan, yahoo, ive been speaking with you on the lot. The defense minister, im they, he was told by both these man, according to his really media that despite the fact that the u. S. Has continued to ask israel not to push into it off off to limit their operation there. That is really is going to expand its operation it off i so yes, there is pressure on israel right now. It will be interesting to see what happens going forward. It will be interesting to see if this will motivate more protesters to come out into the streets and government protesters, relatives of chapters being held in gaza. But for the moment it seems that israel is basically saying, were not going to take any pressure from the eyes. You see, and were not even going to adhere to the urging of our top ally, the United States, right mohammed, many things so that mohammed jump jayden, reporting from a mine, of course of to, to 0 was banned from reporting from israel itself. Right, lets across the Us State Department of washington, d. C. And patsy. Call hain, to look at the us reaction in more detail, because the us president s is waiting please wait in the secretary of state antony blinking to wait in. Weve just been hearing from mark miller here at the state department. Hes the state department spokesman, the briefings on going, but you knew the us was going to react with force, but theyre coming out with very strong criticism. Just as some of what matt miller is basically saying on this, he said it is fully unfounded and should never have been brought. They have a couple of complaints. They say that the International Criminal court, the cc doesnt have jurisdiction because palestine is not especially estate. Doesnt mention the steps the us has taken to make sure palestine is not viewed as a state. For example, if the United Nations Security Council goes on to say other countries that the i, c, c, as in investigated, theyve let them conduct their own investigation. First, they didnt do that with israels, of their problem with the process. They said the courts should only take up cases when the countries are not investigating themselves. And according to miller, you said israel is in fact investigating several Different Cases involving a potential crime committed by members of these really defense forces. He didnt seem to be able to make sense of the fact that the fcc is looking at the leadership. But israels looking at rank and file soldiers. So again, seem to be a bit of a disconnect there. He also there are great could hurt ceasefire negotiations because they feel that this will emboldened hamas. And then he was asked repeatedly, ok, so were palestinians supposed to go, where can they go seek justice . And his answer, i think surprised some of the journalists in the room, he said, well, they should look to as israel to investigate itself. So thats a basically sums up the reaction from the, by the administration. They are outraged, but again, not much they can do about it. And probably just put this on despite sort of course, the us and israel. Neither of them are signatories of the i c. C, they didnt sign the room statute the to set up the International Criminal court, however, is the 1st time the i, c. C is talking to the lead to this close to the United States and always presenting this possible move by carrying con, as some american republican lawmakers have been threatening sanctions against the quotes. I mean, what can you tell us about that . How realistic assistance as well theyve been over their reportedly, youve had meetings with the court to say, look, we are really going to be unhappy if you do this. So the consequences. So yes, they are talking about a bill in the house that would look to sanction the court members, the prosecutors, their families. Not quite sure that thats going to have a huge deterrent effect unless theyve got these Public Servants have billions of dollars in us banking system. Cuz really, thats about the extent they can freeze their money thats in the us. They could bar them entry and see us whether thats going to really be as much of a deterrent as us used to fate. Well have to wait and see. So they could do that. They cant necessarily say were not going to fund the icpc where i could recognize the i see because the few as already doesnt fund the i see, see there was some movement to try and get some funding to the i c. C, because it was investigated in russia and write him or prove it. So its not, doesnt really have a lot of leverage here, but you could expect, especially republican members of the house, they are going to push for the bill once its in fact these ones are issued, we would take it up, didnt really pass the senate. That is much closer question because there are several democrats in the house and the senate that have grown very weary of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And the way he is conducting this for so might not even get through the senate. Its likely get through the house. But theres that, its gonna be a tough a tougher try. All right, so many thanks, explaining all of that puts go haynes and the state department in washington. Well, im us into and released a statement saying arrest warrants for nothing. Yahoo im kalonde a 7 months to late. It went home to condemn. The prosecutor saying that seeking arrest warrants against the mass equates the victim with the perpetrator. And says the i c. C should o