The US president called the ICC’s arrest orders for Netanyahu and the defense minister “ludicrous” on Thursday. He asserted that Israel and Hamas are not comparable.
There is absolutely no equivalency between Israel and Hamas, regardless of what the ICC may suggest. When Israel faces threats to its security, we will always support it,” Biden declared.
The arrest order against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was previously characterized as an error in a White House statement.
“The prosecutor’s hasty request for arrest warrants and the concerning procedural mistakes that resulted in this decision continue to severely worry us. It stated, “The United States has made it clear that the ICC lacks jurisdiction over this matter.”
Speaker Johnson said in a statement on Friday that the ICC’s arrest warrant was antisemitic, disgusting, and utterly absurd.
The ICC’s choice to attack Israel, an ally of the United States, is antisemitic, disgusting, and utterly absurd. “These illegitimate warrants are an attack on the very concepts of sovereignty and due process, and it has no jurisdiction whatsoever over Israel or the United States,” he stated.
Johnson also urged President Biden and the US Senate to take action to stop the warrant’s enforcement.
“President Biden should take decisive action to stop the enforcement of these warrants, and the U.S. Senate should vote on the bipartisan Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act right away. If Senator Schumer and President Biden do not act now, they will most surely invite further lawfare against Israel and the United States. We cannot afford to demonstrate weakness,” Johnson added.