Amal Clooney played an instrumental role in the International Criminal Court's bid to seek an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Clooney, a prominent human rights lawyer, was reveleaed to be one of the six legal experts who assisted British prosecutor Karim Khan in reaching the decision to pursue warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders.
The human rights lawyer, who is also married to actor George Clooney, said that her assistance was requested in helping Khan evaluate the evidence of alleged war crimes in Gaza and Israel four months ago.
"As a human rights lawyer, I will never accept that one child's life has less value than another's. I do not accept that any conflict should be beyond the reach of the law, nor that any perpetrator should be above the law," Clooney said in a statement posted to her own foundation's website.
The announcement came as a surprise to many, as she's faced backlash for months now from both critics and fans for remaining tight-lipped on the catastrophic war in Gaza that has so far killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children.
On social media, many of those who had doubted her commitment to human rights apologized for their cruel comments.
"I fully take back the criticism of Amal Clooney for not speaking publicly about Gaza. She couldn't, as she was involved with the proceedings," one commenter wrote.
"Amal Clooney was quietly working on the ICC proceedings to bring Israel to The Hague for war crimes while she was being dragged online for not posting about Gaza. Queen, sorry we doubted you," posted another.
Those angry with the ICC expressed their disdain over the ruling.
An Israeli official slammed the move as "baseless blood libel" against the country, according to The Daily Mail.
'[The] ICC prosecutor's baseless blood libel against Israel has crossed a red line in his lawfare efforts against the lone Jewish state and the only democracy in the Middle East,' the official told the Financial Times.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken denounced the action, calling it a "shameful" attempt by the ICC prosecutor to arrest Israeli leaders, as he rejected the court's authority and said the move will put ceasefire efforts at risk.
"We reject the prosecutor's equivalence of Israel with Hamas. It is shameful,' Blinken said in a statement."
Several other foreign leaders were not far behind, also releasing statements denouncing the ICC's findings.
