Washington. The United States “categorically rejects” the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the White House declared this Thursday.
“We remain deeply concerned about the prosecutor’s rush to issue arrest warrants and the disturbing procedural errors that led to this decision. The United States has been clear that the ICC has no jurisdiction in this matter,” a National Council spokesperson said. of Security.
The statement does not mention the ICC arrest warrant issued for Mohamed Deif, the military chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Mike Waltz, US President-elect Donald Trump’s future national security adviser, previously defended Israel and promised a “strong response to the ICC and UN’s anti-Semitic bias starting in January” when the Republican takes office.
“The ICC has no credibility and these accusations have been refuted by the United States government,” Waltz said on the social network X.
A position that reflects the indignation of Republicans, some of whom asked that the United States Senate sanction the ICC, made up of 124 members theoretically obliged to detain people subject to court orders.
The Hague-based court reported Thursday that the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant were issued “for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least October 8, 2023 to at least May 20, 2024.” “.
An arrest warrant was also issued for Deif, who Israel says was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. Hamas has not confirmed his death.
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