Alan Dershowitz
WSJ, Nov. 25, 2024
“Without making comparisons to the Holocaust, the ICC—which along with the International Court of Justice has shown bias against Israel for years—would probably have issued warrants against the Jewish fighters in the Warsaw ghetto along with the Nazis who were seeking to murder them.”
The International Criminal Court, of which neither Israel nor the U.S. is a member, has issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister as well as a Hamas terrorist commander who is probably dead. Although Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant can’t be arrested in the U.S. or Israel, several European countries have already indicated they would arrest them, if they are found within their territory.
This case will be tried in a courtroom in The Hague. It will also be tried in the court of public opinion, both in the U.S. and throughout the world. For that reason, I am assembling a team of world class lawyers from around the globe to help defend Israeli leaders against the false charges.
Following a few calls shortly after the ICC announcement, several prominent lawyers agreed to join. They include former U.S. attorneys general Michael Mukasey and William Barr, former Solicitor General Seth Waxman, former FBI Director Louis Freeh, as well as former Canadian attorney general and minister of justice Irwin Cotler. Other former judges, government officials, prosecutors and current professors and criminal lawyers have signed on, including Andrew Cuomo, the former attorney general and governor of New York. … [To read the full article, click here]