"Shameless Genocide Apologist": Criticism After X's Elon Musk Retweets Netanyahu
X owner Elon Musk is criticised for reposting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant. An X user called the tech-giant “a shameless genocide apologist”.
Reminder: The owner of this platform is a shameless genocide apologist. pic.twitter.com/ZCdgSosUK8
— Siddharth (@DearthOfSid) November 22, 2024
Taking to his, Netanyahu rejected the arrest warrant. He said decision of the court in Hague is “a modern Dreyfus trial, and it will end the same way”.
Netanyahu likened the ICC arrest warrant against him to the infamous Dreyfus trial of 1894. The Dreyfus trial, which began in 1894, involved a Jewish French army officer falsely accused of treason based on fabricated evidence. The court accused Netanyahu of committing war crimes in Gaza.
The ICC’s move accuses Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant of war crimes in the ongoing war in Gaza. Netanyahu slammed the ruling as “anti-Semitic” and reflective of a “modern-day Dreyfus trial.”
The ICC has issued warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The warrants mark the first time an Israeli head of state has been targeted by the court. Rejecting the ruling, Netanyahu called it “absurd and false”.
He also accused Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan of corruption and alleged the decision was an attempt to distract from accusations of sexual harassment against Khan. An external investigation is on against Khan over sexual misconduct accusations, which Khan has denied.
