https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQskfvNwTM0

U.S. President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday after the International Criminal Court's prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

Biden was speaking at an event for Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House.

“Let me be clear, we reject the ICC's application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. Whatever these warrants may imply, there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas, and it's clear Israel wants to do all we can to ensure civilian protection. Let me be clear. Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what's happening is not genocide."

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement issued after more than seven months of war in Gaza that he had reasonable grounds to believe the five men "bear criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

He said evidence his office collected showed Israel had systematically deprived civilians of "objects indispensable to human survival", including food, water, medicine and energy.

Netanyahu on Monday called the charges ‘absurd’.

I reject with disgust the comparison of the prosecutor in the Hague between democratic Israel and the mass murderers of Hamas. This is a complete distortion of reality.”

The Hamas leaders are accused of bearing responsibility for crimes committed by the militant group, including extermination and murder, the taking of hostages, torture, rape and other acts of sexual violence.

Many Gazans were also angry over news of the warrants:

"We are against this decision because they have equated the victim with the executioner. We have a right to our homeland. How can it be that those who resist and call for the liberation of their homeland become criminal? And the criminal become the protector?!"

US President Joe Biden has termed as "outrageous" the application by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to have an arrest warrant issued against Israel's prime minister and defence minister.

"The ICC prosecutor's application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence - none - between Israel and Hamas," Biden said.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken termed the ICC prosecutor's equivalence of Israel with Hamas "shameful."

"We reject the prosecutor's equivalence of Israel with Hamas. It is shameful. Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization that carried out the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and is still holding dozens of innocent people hostage, including Americans," he said.

The US had made clear before the current war that the ICC had no jurisdiction in this matter, Blinken said. He noted that Israel had cooperated with the prosecutor, even though it was not a member of the court.

"Fundamentally, this decision does nothing to help, and could jeopardize, ongoing efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement that would get hostages out and surge humanitarian assistance in, which are the goals the United States continues to pursue relentlessly," Blinken concluded.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-slams-outrageous-icc-request-184822690.html?

This Joe Biden is a two-faced man


ICC should ignore the threats from US and Israel and go after these war criminals, failure to do so will severely damage their credibility

They have successfully politicized the ICC. The United States will accept ICC judgement once it's against US perceived foes, if the ICC issued arrest warrant that's in the interest of US and her allies.. they'll praise the ICC. They all were happy when ICC issued arrest warrant against President Putin. Now that ICC submitted request to issue warrant of arrest to Israeli PM and Defense Minister...they're threatening sanctions against ICC.


Besides, as an African... Can someone tell me any Western leader the ICC sent to jail or issued arrest warrant ❓❓. Because it's looking like the ICC only have power to prosecute African leaders & Western perceived enemies ‼️

Yes no to terrorism!!!

Sinwar is a criminal for attacking Israel,and netanyahu is a criminal for going after sin war and those holding israeli citizens as hostage..
Khan is joking.
See rubbish!!!!
Las las this arrest warrant will be haulted.
Israel must completely destroy hamas before I hear anything. .

To my christian brothers and sisters, please repent and be kind, stop supporting evil because of your religious beliefs


I hope some of you will not end up in hellfire

God1000:
This Joe Biden is a two-faced man


ICC should ignore the threats from US and Israel and go after these war criminals, failure to do so will severely damage their credibility

You and I know that ICC cannot. Who will enforce it? Will you attack Israel in order to get Netanyahu? That warrant will just be like every other piece of paper sitting on their desk and gathering dust.

NothingDoMe:
You and I know that ICC cannot. Who will enforce it? Will you attack Israel in order to get Netanyahu? That warrant is just a piece of paper.

but it will dent his image forever, a war criminal should not be celebrated.


The people supporting this genocide are not only wicked and heartless, they are extremists

God1000:
but it will dent his image forever, a war criminal should not be celebrated.

Who image epp? Every country needs a president/prime minister that will protect its people.

This world is NOT for the weak. Go and fire rockets at China or Russia, kidnap and rape her citizens and give me feedback later.

NothingDoMe:
Who image epp? Every country needs a president/prime minister that will protect its people.

This world is NOT for the weak. Go and fire rockets at China or Russia, kidnap and rape her citizens and give me feedback later.

Ukraine is currently firing missiles at Russia with western support, China will get the same treatment if they invade Taiwan.


Denying people the right to exist is a crime against humanity

What do you have to say about decades of ruthless killing of Palestinians before the October 7 attack?

God1000:
Ukraine is currently firing missiles at Russia with western support, China will get the same treatment if they invade Taiwan.

Denying people the right to exist is a crime against humanity

You want to exist yet you're taking steps detrimental to your own existence.

NothingDoMe:
You want to exist yet you're taking steps detrimental to your own existence.

How, this brutal war has made a lot of countries to support Palestinian cause, Israel on the other hand has become a pariah state.

Palestine is finally getting the needed recognition at the united nations and among comity of nations

God bless the people

God1000:
How, this brutal war has made a lot of countries to support Palestinian cause, Israel on the other hand has become a pariah state.

Palestine is gradually getting the recognition at the united nations and among comity of nations

Lol. Pariah according to Aljazeera like news networks. Even those protesting in America are doing more harm by chanting death to Israel. They futher portray the religious extremist pandemic the world is already weary of.

Would any other country, apart from Nigeria lol, have responded differently to the Hamas assault?

I've never seen you ask Hamas to release the hostages. I'm not fooled by the flying Jesus in your profile.

They should change the name from ICC ( International criminal court) to ACC ( Africa criminal court)
Since they can only try Africans

That ICC is should be abolished. E nor get use

God1000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQskfvNwTM0




https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-slams-outrageous-icc-request-184822690.html?

Let the enemies of Zion receive one nukes each!

Genocidal Joe on the beat What did we expect from the man who continued Trump's wall and even doubled down on most of Trump's worst policies?

America just de deceive nna, the you understand that isreal always gets America nod makes them to activate I no send attitude

The Hamas leaders are accused of bearing responsibility for crimes committed by the militant group, including extermination and murder, the taking of hostages, torture, rape and other acts of sexual violence.

Like Boko Haram,
Like IPOB,
Like Hamas.
Evil and brutal deaths befall them all.


Let me be clear, we reject the ICC's application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. Whatever these warrants may imply, there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas, and it's clear Israel wants to do all we can to ensure civilian protection

Seconded@DemManna

God1000:
This Joe Biden is a two-faced man


ICC should ignore the threats from US and Israel and go after these war criminals, failure to do so will severely damage their credibility

ICC is impotent.
So is the UN.

What countries need to do is to rebel against the antiquated veto of certain countries on the security council and insist on its abolition - failing which they should abandon the UN en masse and set up a new association of countries without the veto members.

Only Africans received advice from the IMF, UN , and still get challenged by the ICC...

Black man race is just a joke.

Israel God's own nation 🦹

God1000:
This Joe Biden is a two-faced man


ICC should ignore the threats from US and Israel and go after these war criminals, failure to do so will severely damage their credibility

/
How?

He is only the manager. He does whatever his bosses told him.

/

God bless Joe Biden. Israel has both God and man's backing. Hamas and all their lovers can die forever.

DeepSight:


ICC is impotent.
So is the UN.

What countries need to do is to rebel against the antiquated veto of certain countries on the security council and insist on its abolition - failing which they should abandon the UN en masse and set up a new association of countries without the veto members.

They're already working on that, BRICS is an alternative already. But the double standard in the ICC and United Nations will be exposed so that other undecided member states of UN will make their decision independently

Righteousness2:
Let me say this clearly!

Whatever you claim to be and you are in support of Hamas or anything related or associated with HAMAS, you are PROSATAN!!

Righteousness has spoken!
Truer words have never been spoken.

Zonefree:

Louder my pastor.

Gbam!
But,
Like hamas, like Igbos, like Boko....... terrorists
Brutal deaths to all terrorists disturbing the peace of the world 🌎

A beautiful life wasted by those bastard of terrorists.
Just like our relative Miracle Nwbodo's life was cut short by those bastards called Igbos.
May it never be well with anyone supporting terrorism in Nigeria and the world at large.
Brutal and painful deaths await you all.
Your mother will cry on your grave as the mothers of these young girls below 25 years of age are still crying today after their kids have been brutally slaughtered by terrorists.
No be curse,
Na FACT.

USA Don sign life contract with isreal.... Isreal be like another state for USA..... Make Iran new president and supreme leader thread carefully oh.... I won't say more than that