The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged “war crimes” in Gaza. Israeli officials denounced the ICC’s move as inherently political and antisemitic. The court’s decision is both of those things, but it also poses a threat to U.S. national security.
No other nation has been singled out for the ICC’s opprobrium and lawfare as much as the Jewish state. The crimes and human rights abuses of autocracies such as China, Iran, and North Korea, among others, have largely been ignored. But Israel is targeted because the ICC intends to delegitimize the country.
(Read the rest of CAMERA’s Nov. 26, 2024 Op-Ed at Washington Examiner)