Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Biden, who said Monday that the ICC's push to obtain an arrest warrant for Netanyahu is "outrageous." (Fox News/Getty Images)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also took aim at the ICC’s announcement, saying in a separate statement Monday that the State Department rejects the "[p]rosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas," calling it "shameful."
"The United States has been clear since well before the current conflict that that ICC has no jurisdiction over this matter. The ICC was established by its state parties as a court of limited jurisdiction. Those limits are rooted in principles of complementarity, which do not appear to have been applied here amid the Prosecutor’s rush to seek these arrest warrants rather than allowing the Israeli legal system a full and timely opportunity to proceed," Blinken argued.
DEMOCRATS DIVIDED OVER ICC PROSECUTOR SEEKING ARREST WARRANTS
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar waves to a crowd in Gaza. Sinwar is one of three Hamas officials that the ICC is looking to acquire an arrest warrant for. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The decision also "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 said.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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