The United States on Friday rejected International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Israeli PM and Former Defence Minister have been accused of ‘crimes against humanity and war crimes’ by the ICC.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declared US’s stand during a press briefing. Karine said, “We fundamentally reject the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israel officials. We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision.”
What Did The US Say?
She stressed, “The United States has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter. You’ve heard us say this before. Whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no evidence none- between Israel and Hamas. There’s just none.”
Karine added that in coordination with partners, including Israel, we are discussing, certainly, those next steps, what that’s going to look like.
She reinstated that US rejects that the ICC has jurisdiction over the situation.
“We are in consultation with our partners and also in which include Israel, about our next steps. We fundamentally, fundamentally reject that the ICC has jurisdiction over the situation. And so, that’s something that we’ve been pretty clear about, and we’ll continue to do so,” added Karine.
International Criminal Court had issued a warrant against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and the Chief of Hamas military, Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes and crime against humanity on Thursday.
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