Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
On November 21, 2024, International Criminal Court unanimously issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Ground of the arrest warrant
Crimes Against Humanity
• Murder
• Persecution
• Other inhumane acts
War Crimes
• Intentionally directing an attack
against civilians
• Starvation as a method of warfare
“Gaza is the city of evil. We will turn all the places in which Hamas deploys and hides into ruins”
07.10.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
April 9, 2024, Khan Yunis-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 8, 2-b (v):Attacking or bombarding towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended
Article 7, 1-d:Deportation or forcible transfer of population
Article 8, 2-b (xiii):Destroying or seizing the enemy’s property
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
“This is a fight between the children of light and the children of darkness, between humanity and the law of the jungle”
16.10.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
July 25, 2025, Gaza City-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-k:Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering
Article 7, 1-j:The crime of apartheid
“You must remember what Amalek* has done to you,’ says our Holy Bible. And we do remember”
28.10.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
December 18, 2023, Deir al-Balah-Gaza (AA - Ashraf Amra)
*The relevant passage: “Now go, attack Amalek, and proscribe all that belongs to him. Spare no one, but kill alike men and women, infants and sucklings, oxen and sheep, camels and asses”
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 6, 1-a:Killing members of the group
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 7, 2-b:Extermination includes the intentional infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population
“It is necessary to make cultural changes in Gaza such as in Japan and Germany following WWII”
17.11.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
March 1, 2024, Rafah-Gaza (AA - Abed Zagout)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 8, 2-b (ix):Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-k:Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering
“After we fought and did all this thing, we give them (Palestine Authority) the strip?”
22.11.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
January 20, 2025, Rafah-Gaza (AA - Hani Alshaer)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 8, 2-b (viii):The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 7, 1-j:The crime of apartheid
Article 7, 1-d:Deportation or forcible transfer of population
“We are the people of the light, they are the people of darkness... we shall realize the prophecy of Isaiah”
25.10.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
October 17, 2023, Gaza City-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-j:The crime of apartheid
“This is a battle not only of Israel against these barbarians; it’s a battle of civilization against barbarism”
24.12.2023 - Benjamin Netanyahu
August 20, 2024, Deir al-Balah-Gaza (AA - Ashraf Amra)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-k:Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering
Article 8, 2-b (xxi):Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment
“It is impossible to defeat the sheer evil by leaving it intact in Rafah. We are fighting and will be victorious. We will enter Rafah and achieve total victory”
24.03.2024 - Benjamin Netanyahu
May 8, 2024, Rafah-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 8, 2-b (i):Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 8, 2-b (v):Attacking or bombarding towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended
“No force in the world will stop us. Many forces are trying to do this, but it will not help because this enemy, after what he has done, will not do it again”
09.04.2024 - Benjamin Netanyahu
April 21, 2024, Khan Yunis-Gaza (AA - Jehad Alshrafi)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-k:Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 8, 2-b (iv):Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects
“We will ensure that Gaza will never again constitute a threat to Israel”
30.04.2024 - Benjamin Netanyahu
February 2, 2024, Khan Yunis-Gaza (AA - Abdulqader Sabbah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-d:Deportation or forcible transfer of population
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 8, 2-b (xiii):Destroying or seizing the enemy’s property
“In the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea”
18.01.2024 - Benjamin Netanyahu
October 10, 2025, Northern Gaza-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-k:Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering
“The die is cast — we are going for a full occupation of the Gaza Strip”
04.08.2025 - Benjamin Netanyahu
September 8, 2025, Gaza City-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 7, 1-d:Deportation or forcible transfer of population
Article 8, 2-b (viii):The transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction