Biden Admin and US Lawmakers Weigh In as ICC Prosecutor Seeks to Charge Israeli Leaders

‘The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,’ President Biden said in a statement.
Biden Admin and US Lawmakers Weigh In as ICC Prosecutor Seeks to Charge Israeli Leaders
President Joe Biden in Washington on May 14, 2024. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden and members of his administration castigated International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan for requesting to charge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with war crimes and human rights violations in connection with the ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Mr. Khan asked the ICC on May 20 to let him charge the leaders on both sides of the war for the outburst of violence in the decades-old conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.