Biden calls ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant “reprehensible”
the President of the United States, Joe BidenIsrael has described as “reprehensible” the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. Horoscope.
“The ICC issuing arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. Let me make it clear once again: No matter what the ICC does, There is no similarity between Israel and Hamas“We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security,” the president said in a statement.
Before Biden spoke, a White House spokesperson announced that the United States was “deeply concerned” The decision was taken due to the “hastyness” of the ICC Prosecutor’s Office led by Karim Khan in requesting the arrest warrant, as well as “problematic procedural errors.”
On Thursday, the ICC ordered the arrest and surrender of both Netanyahu and Gallant and Mohammed Deif, the military leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), although Israel had already declared him dead in an attack in June against the Strip, some What did not happen can be independently confirmed.
Netanyahu accused the court of being “anti-Semitic”
After the arrest warrant was issued, Netanyahu described the court’s decision as “absurd and false” as well as “anti-Semitic” and assured that it is “nothing more than the war that Israel is waging in Gaza.” Hamas, for its part, welcomed the measure and said that “international justice” stands with the organization “against the Zionist entity.”
The ICC does not have a police force to arrest suspects, but its 125 member states, including the United Kingdom and European Union countries, have an obligation to cooperate with the court.
,ICC is not taking anti-Semitic decisionsis enforcing jurisdiction,” European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said in an interview with RNE. “The U.S. – which, like Israel, does not recognize the ICC – has not signed, but other countries have (…) That’s why the US will say what it wants, but if Netanyahu steps into that country which has signed the convention, must be stopped“He said.
The ICC decision comes after its prosecutor requested the court in late May to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniya and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri.The first two killed by Israel.