Douglas Murray blasts ICC’s attempted ‘political prosecution’ of Israeli PM

Author Douglas Murray has blasted the International Criminal Court’s attempted “political prosecution” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It follows reports from Israeli media outlets The Hague may issue warrants for the arrests of the Prime Minister, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Herzi Halevi. In a statement posted to X last week, Mr Netanyahu said Israel will “never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense”. Mr Murray branded the move “extraordinary” and “unwise” and could force the ICC to “destroy its own legitimacy”. “There are several things that are appalling about this,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “One is that this is being done without any fresh investigation and with no new evidence or anything like that – it’s a political prosecution, attempted prosecution. “The second thing is that this would be the first time that the ICC at The Hague would have come for a democratically elected leader and I believe that is an extraordinary step.”