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    Lawyer Dershowitz plans to defend Israel in court and in public – Israel News

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    American lawyer and former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz is putting together a team to defend Israeli leaders in The Hague, he announced on Sunday. Wall Street Journal op-ed.

    Dershowitz noted that the case would be tried both in the court of public opinion and in The Hague.

    “That is why I am assembling a team of world-class lawyers from around the world to help defend Israel’s leaders against the false accusations,” Dershowitz wrote.

    Last Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued international arrest warrants for war crimes allegedly committed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

    Several countries, such as the Netherlands, France and Ireland, have announced that they will enforce the ICC decision and arrest Netanyahu and Gallant if they choose to land in those countries.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 28, 2023. (credit: ABIR SULTAN POOL/Pool via REUTERS)

    However, the United States rejected the ICC’s decision.

    “The United States fundamentally rejects the Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials. “We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor’s haste to apply for arrest warrants and the troubling procedural errors that led to this decision,” a government spokesperson said.

    In the WJ In his op-ed, Dershowitz added that several prominent attorneys have already pledged to join the legal fight, including several former U.S. attorneys and a former FBI director.

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    “We will argue that the ICC has no jurisdiction against Israel, not only because it is not a member, but also because the treaty that established that court prohibits it from hearing cases against any country with a valid legal system willing and able to do so. state. to investigate the alleged crimes,” he wrote.

    “We will also demonstrate that Israel’s actions in Gaza do not violate any international law or the laws of war over which the ICC has jurisdiction.”

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    Germany, which supplies 30% of Israel’s military equipment, criticized the petition for arrest warrants, saying the court had no jurisdiction because Israel has not signed the Rome Statute. Nevertheless, Germany has made it clear in the past that it will respect the ICC’s decisions.

    Dershowitz continued: “By issuing arrest warrants… the court is attempting to equate Hamas’ terrorism, which has murdered, raped and kidnapped approximately 1,450 Israelis, mostly civilians, with Israel’s self-defense efforts to prevent a promised repeat of the attacks from October 1st. 7.”

    Netanyahu responded publicly on Thursday evening, condemning the decision that led to his arrest. “This is a moral bankruptcy that undermines the natural right of democracies to defend themselves against murderous terrorism,” he said.

    Israeli President Isaac Herzog similarly noted that the decision reflects the choice to side with “terror and evil over democracy and freedom” and that the justice system has been turned into a human shield for Hamas’ crimes against humanity.

    Dershowitz concluded: “Our group of lawyers hopes to bring justice for Israel and its leaders, as well as for the rule of law, which is being disgraced and destroyed by the ICC. We welcome others to join this endeavor.”



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