MADRID 22 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, assured this Friday that the arrest warrants against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, will be addressed at the next G7 Foreign Affairs meeting.
“The Italian presidency of the G7 intends to include the issue on the agenda of the next meeting of foreign ministers to be held in Fiuggi from November 25 to 26,” he said, according to the Rai news agency. .
However, he has warned that “there can be no equivalence between the responsibilities of the State of Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas.” “In these days I will delve into the reasons that led to the CFI ruling. Motivations that must always be objective and not of a political nature,” he added.
The Hague court ruled that there is evidence that both Netanyahu and Gallant knowingly sought to leave the population of the Gaza Strip without elements “indispensable for their survival” and to block the entry of aid, also hindering the work of the organizations humanitarian.
The judges believe Netanyahu and Gallant may be “criminally responsible” for using starvation as a method of warfare, as well as for murders, other inhumane acts and persecution that would fall under the category of crimes against humanity. He also reproaches them that indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population may have been committed under their command.
The court also ordered the arrest of the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohamed Diab al Masri, known as ‘Abú Deif’, after other leaders of the Islamist group previously identified, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniye, have lost their lives in recent years. months in Israeli operations. Israel has presumed him dead, although the group has not officially confirmed this.
The Italian Foreign Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, called the sentence against Netanyahu “incorrect”, because it equates the Israeli Prime Minister and his Defense Minister with “the leader of the attackers”, in reference to Deif.
“But by joining the International Criminal Court we must apply its provisions,” he detailed, adding that if Netanyahu or Gallant visited Italy, the authorities “would have to arrest them in compliance with international law, not because of a political decision.”
Article 86 of the Rome Statute provides that all State parties must cooperate fully with the ICC and support its mandate, which includes the obligation to arrest and surrender persons subject to arrest warrants issued by the court if they come into harm’s way. their territory.