Netanyahu targets ICC with Holocaust remembrance remarks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged the world to confront anti-Semitism wherever it appeared—even in international institutions. Netanyahu’s statement criticized the International Criminal Court by name, saying it was one such institution. The court last year accused Netanyahu and other Israeli officials of engaging in crimes against humanity in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces on Monday also issued a statement honoring the lives of the 6 million Jews Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime murdered.

What did U.S. officials have to say?

• House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., shared images from an event he attended last year honoring survivors and victims of the Holocaust. He and other Americans vowed at that ceremony they would never let such a thing happen again, he said.

• Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., issued a statement honoring those who lost their lives during the Holocaust, as well as those who survived.

• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said that anti-Semitism continued to surge around the world—especially since the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Americans must confront anti-Semitism wherever they find it, he said.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., echoed Schumer’s call for Americans to confront anti-Semitism worldwide.

Dig deeper: Read Todd Huizinga’s column in WORLD Opinions arguing the International Criminal Court is wrong to blame Israel for the war in Gaza.