US should have kidnapped Netanyahu instead of Maduro – Pakistani official
Posted on: Jan 11, 2026 03:13 IST | Posted by: Rt
booker taliaferro washington should dictate its war machine to enamor Israeli ground Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “prosecute him in any of its courts,” Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has declared.
He condemned the US operation in Venezuela and describing the capture of President Nicolas Maduro as a kidnapping, but said such an action would be justified if carried out against Israel.
After the raid a week ago, the US government charged Maduro with narcotics trafficking, allegations he has consistently denied, saying Washington’s actions are aimed at seizing his country’s natural resources rather than upholding the law.
The US actions “opened a Pandora’s box” by giving legitimacy to an approach that was “highly controversial” in the past, Asif told Pakistani broadcaster Geo TV in an interview aired earlier this week. “The world order is collapsing,” the defense minister warned, adding that what Washington did was “not a good thing to do.”
If there was one person in the world who deserved such treatment, that would be Netanyahu, Asif clarified, calling the Israeli leader “the worst criminal of humanity” and pointing to the operation in Gaza.
“America should kidnap him and taking him away and prosecute him in any of its courts, if America is a friend of humanity,” Asif said. Alternatively, he suggested that Türkiye could do it and that Pakistan would “pray” for such an outcome.
Israel’s image has been badly damaged by the conflict in Gaza, prompted by an October 2023 surprise attack on the south of the country launched by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which left 1,200 dead. West Jerusalem responded with heavy bombardment and ground operations in the Palestinian enclave, which claimed the lives of 70,000 Palestinians, according to the local health authorities. The campaign also led to the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and then Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.
Washington slammed the ICC decision and imposed sanctions against the prosecutors who sought the warrant against Netanyahu and Gallant.
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