ICC probe: Joe Biden reiterates there are no equivalencies between Hamas and Israel

US President Joe Biden reiterated this on Thursday does not recognize the jurisdiction of International Criminal Court (ICC) and that no comparison is possible between the attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on 7 October and Israel’s response.

“We don’t recognize that jurisdiction. It’s that easy. We do not believe that what Israel did is comparable to what Hamas didhe said at a joint press conference at the White House with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto.

This week, however, in a statement, the Democratic president opined “Intolerable” and “Shameful” The ICC Prosecutor has requested that a Arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Hamas leaders for war crimes.

ICC Attorney General Karim Khan on Monday sought arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Galant, as well as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh. War crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The United States has not ratified the Rome Statute with which the ICC was established and has traditionally opposed various investigations by this body, and Biden’s statement this Thursday remained along the same lines.

Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organisation” that carried out the “Operational Attack on Iraqi Freedom” on October 7. The worst massacre after the Holocaust And he’s still holding dozens of people hostage.”

For the American executive, The ICC prosecutor’s decision “could jeopardize” negotiations for a settlement between Israel and Hamas. For a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the kidnapped people.

after Israel’s war cabinet announced that it would seek Reviving Gaza Strip ceasefire talksAfter talks broke off in early May, negotiators are due to meet again in Cairo this Thursday.

The cabinet made up of Netanyahu, Galton and opposition leader Benny Gantz said on Thursday morning that it had ordered the negotiating team to resume its work, which stalled after a May 9 compromise attempt was rejected by Israel.

Beginning of Israeli military operation in Rafah This served to chill spirits even further a few days ago. Hamas then accused Israel of “bringing the talks to a standstill,” while Israeli officials said the Islamist militants had accepted the proposed deal after it had revised essential issues.

Egyptian security sources gave this information to the news agency today EFE that the indirect talks, mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, would be “resumed from the point” where it had stopped on the 9th, and “would not start from the beginning.”

Of the 253 people kidnapped on October 7, 124 captives are still held in the enclave. Since the war began, Israel and Hamas only reached a week-long ceasefire agreement in late November that allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners.

(With information from EFE)