Biden calls ICC arrest warrant in opposition to Netanyahu “outrageous”

WASHINGTON (apro).- Joe Biden, the president of the US, described as “outrageous” the arrest warrant issued through the ICC in opposition to the High Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and different contributors of his executive, heading off bringing up the case of the leaders of the Hamas crew.

“The arrest warrant of the prosecutor (Karim Khan) of the Prison Court docket (ICC) in opposition to leaders of Israel is outrageous,” Biden mentioned in a commentary in a three-line press liberate launched to the click through the Area. White.

This Monday, Khan introduced the ICC’s determination to reserve the seize of Netanyahu, different contributors of his executive; the chief of the Hamas crew, Yahya Sinwar and different contributors of the terrorist crew; all accused of committing conflict crimes.

“Let me be transparent, what the prosecutor would possibly suggest has no comparability, none; between Israel and Hamas, we can at all times be with Israel in its battle in opposition to threats to its safety,” the president of the US concluded within the very transient commentary.

The ICC decided via Khan’s investigations that within the struggle between Israel and Hamas that started on October 7 with the 15 may organization’s assault, the accused have dedicated violations in opposition to humanity for which they will have to be prosecuted.

To Netanyahu and the opposite defendants of the Israeli executive, Khan accuses them of getting even used hunger as a weapon in opposition to blameless Palestinian civilians within the Gaza Strip, along with the usage of army ways in opposition to those self same objectives, particularly in opposition to kids.

For his phase, Khan accused Sinwar and different contributors of the Hamas management of depriving them in their freedom, torturing and murdering blameless Israeli civilians as a part of their movements and acts of terrorism in opposition to Israel.