The Pentagon rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The Pentagon said it rejects the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday.
Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday that the U.S. “fundamentally rejects” the ICC’s decision to issue the arrest warrants.
“We remain concerned by the prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants, and, you know, some of the processes that have played out”, Singh said. “And again, we’ve been very clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter.”
The ICC charged Netanyahu and Gallant with “crimes against humanity and war crimes”, including the use of starvation as a method of warfare and targeting civilians.
