The International Criminal Court has "lost all legitimacy" after issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday.

“A dark moment for the International Criminal ״Court״ (ICC) in The Hague, in which it lost all legitimacy for its existence and activity. It acted as a political tool in the service of the most extreme terrorists working to undermine peace, security, and stability in the Middle East. This so-called “court” issued absurd and unauthorized warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and its former Defense Minister Galant, despite Israel not being a member of the court.

These warrants are not merely personal attacks against them; in essence, they are an assault on Israel’s right to defend itself. This is an attack on the most threatened and targeted nation in the world - also the only country in the region openly called for and acted against by other nations seeking its elimination.

From a moral perspective, this represents a moral eclipse that turns good into evil and serves the forces of evil.

From a political perspective, issuing warrants against a state that operates in accordance with international law is a reward and encouragement for the axis of evil, which blatantly and consistently violates it.

Decent nations and every moral person in the world must unequivocally reject this injustice”, - writes Gideon Saar.