Israel denounces ICC's decision to issue arrest warrants
Newshour
BBC
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🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Israel and allies denounce the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Newshour hears from former MK Ruth Wasserman Lande.
Also in the programme: Matt Gaetz withdraws nomination for US attorney general; and Ukrainians evacuating from the east.
(Picture: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum, during a discussion on the subject of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service studios in central London. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm Tim Franks. We're starting the program with a momentous decision by judges at the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister and former defence minister, as well as the |
| 0:21.9 | military commander of Hamas. It's momentous because of the crimes that are alleged and because of |
| 0:27.8 | just who are the accused. On that, pretty much everyone agrees whatever they think of the court |
| 0:33.3 | and its decision, as you'll hear, there are supporters of the move and those in Israel who say it's an utter disgrace. |
| 0:39.6 | The charges against Hamas will take up less of our time, as at least two of the three men against whom the ICC prosecutor sought arrest warrants are dead, |
| 0:47.8 | and Israel claims that the remaining man, Mohamed Dave, it has also managed to kill. |
| 0:53.2 | The three had been sought for their involvement |
| 0:55.0 | in the massacre of October the 7th last year in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed. Many others |
| 1:00.8 | were raped and abducted. The charges against Prime Minister bin Ladenegh and the former |
| 1:06.4 | defence minister Yoav Galant are over the war which followed, that they bear responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and of various crimes against humanity, the calculated destruction of part of the civilian population of Gaza, of inhumane acts, of persecution. |
| 1:24.6 | The judges today have been considering events up to the 20th of May this year. |
| 1:28.9 | So what about the humanitarian situation now? Hishamana is working in central Gaza with the |
| 1:35.1 | International Committee of the Red Cross. He told the BBC the picture was dire and deteriorating. |
| 1:41.0 | In the northern government of Gaza, where civilians for several weeks have been suffering from |
| 1:46.7 | shortage of food, drinking water supplies, they are living in constant fear amidst explosions |
| 1:53.0 | and displacement with no proper access to functional hospitals. We haven't seen or witnessed |
| 1:59.4 | a clear evidence of starvation, yet we are receiving reports, |
| 2:03.6 | particularly from the hospitals in the Northern Governorate, of a number of cases who died |
| 2:09.7 | because of acute malnutrition. In general, there's severe hardships in finding flour and bread. |
| 2:17.8 | Hishamana from the Red Cross in Gaza. |
| 2:22.0 | As for Israel, where there's been broad, not universal by any means, |
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