More than 60 left-wing politicians from Europe and Latin America have signed a petition calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israeli leaders for genocide.
“We’re not going to allow a genocide with our silence and complicity,” said Ione Belarra, Spanish minister for social rights, as she launched the initiative. “If you don’t stop brutality in time, it drags you along with it.”
The petition names several Israeli leaders – including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
The communique also said that the ICC has enough evidence to launch arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Galant.
Beyond pushing for the investigation and prosecution of Israeli leadership, it calls for an end to “occupation, apartheid and the expansion of the colonial project of the State of Israel”.
