The United States criticized the ICC decision on the arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Galant

Joe Biden called the decision of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to request arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s Defense Minister Yoav Galant outrageous. This is stated in a statement by the US President on the White House website.

Today, the ICC announced that it intends to consider issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Galant, as well as three leaders of the radical Hamas group, recognized as terrorist in the United States and the European Union, Ismail Haniyeh, Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar. Prosecutor Karim Khan in a statement named all of them involved in war crimes in the Gaza Strip and Israel since October 7 last year.

“There is no sign of equality between Israel and Hamas – none. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security,” it says statement Biden.

In turn, the head of the State Department Antony Blinken named The decision of the ICC prosecutor to equate Hamas and Israel is shameful. The Secretary of State emphasized that the ICC does not have the necessary jurisdiction in Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian group. According to Blinken, the prosecutor’s decision will not bring any benefit, and ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip will be in jeopardy.

In addition, more than 100 members of the Israeli parliament signed a petition against the ICC decision.

“The Hague prosecutor’s scandalous comparison between the leaders of Israel and the leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas is an indelible historical crime and a clear expression of anti-Semitism,” the document notes.

The United States and Israel do not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC.