PNN – Bernie Sanders, a representative of the US Senate from Vermont, said in a statement referring to the issuance of the arrest warrant for the former Prime Minister and Minister of War of the Zionist regime: I agree with the decision of the International Criminal Court regarding the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the Vermont state senator’s statement reads: The Geneva Conventions were signed after the horror that gripped the world after World War II and to establish standards to protect civilian lives during war and to prevent atrocities against civilians of other countries.
The statement added: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant for committing war crimes, including using starvation as a method of war and directing armed attacks against civilians, so the charges of the International Criminal Court and its verdict against these two officials Israel’s regime is justified.
In the statement of Sanders, pointing out that more than 44 thousand people have lost their lives in Gaza and more than 140 thousand people have been injured, it is stated: Israel had the right to defend itself against Hamas, but it did not have the right to launch an all-out war against the Palestinian people. If the world does not abide by international law, we will be driven to more brutality.
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He went on to emphasize that America should not continue its participation in the Zionist regime’s war against the Palestinian people, and stated: (The regime) Israel has undoubtedly violated all laws, including American national laws and international laws, in its brutal war in Gaza.
Earlier, in a message on his user account on X social media, Sanders announced his intention to bring a plan to the floor of the US Senate in order to block the sale of weapons by the United States to the Zionist regime.
A group of Democratic representatives of the US Congress previously rejected US President Joe Biden’s claim that the Zionist regime does not violate international laws and emphasized that Israel violates the laws with American weapons.
According to this letter, representatives of Congress, intergovernmental institutions, international courts, and human rights observers (regime) of Israel, along with the officials of the American government, had been expressing serious concerns about Benjamin Netanyahu’s actions since a few months ago.
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court “The Hague” issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant on charges of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and using hunger (starving the people of Gaza) as a weapon.
This is the first time that The Hague Court issues an arrest warrant for a Zionist official.