Palestine peace advocates praise ICC on arrest warrant to Israeli Prime Minister

One of Palestine peace advocates in Malawi Sheikh Muslim Abbas Vinjenje has praised International Criminal Court ICC for issuing arrest warrant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity, war crimes and starvation among other abuses.

On Thursday ICC said that there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant intentionally and knowingly deprived civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival.

According to Sheikh Vinjenje the judgment which is the first of its kind since the commencement of war last year is very significant in restoring peace in Palestine.

While doubting enforcement of the decision sheikh Vinjenje however says the arrest warrant bring sanity, transparency and accountability to the conduct of United Nations and International Criminal Court ICC.

In a related development Sheikh Vinjenje believes that Malawi’s recognition of Palestine as a state might be out of pressure as the country is heading towards general elections.

He has said this few days after Malawi government voted yes to UN resolution of the ceasefire