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US Fundamentally Rejects ICC's Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu, Gallant – White House

© AP Photo / Abir SultanIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, July 30, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.11.2024
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has rejected the International Criminal Court’s move to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said.
"We fundamentally reject the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israel officials. We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutors' rush to seek arrest warrants, and the troubling process errors that led to this decision," Jean-Pierre said during a briefing. She further stated that the US fundamentally rejects the ICC’s jurisdiction over the matter.
However, when pressed on the basis for this rejection, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh was unable to provide a clear legal justification during a separate briefing.
“So, if you don't have any legal assessment, how can you reject what's been presented by a legal body, one of the highest, you know, it's an international law court. How can you reject it if you don't have a counter legal assessment? Is it a political rejection?” a reporter pressed Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next to a picture of the founder of the State of Israel, Binyamin Zeev Herzl ahead of his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.11.2024
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ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu, Gallant for Alleged War Crimes in Gaza
“We can reject decisions from the court that come down in various forms,” Singh claimed, offering no substantive legal explanation.
Despite repeated questioning, Singh admitted that she was unaware of any formal legal review underpinning the administration's stance, raising questions about the credibility of the US rejection and whether it is driven purely by political considerations.
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