Biden’s minister is against it and is disappointed with the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate suspected Israeli war crimes in the Palestinian territories, Ned Price said.
Price reaffirmed US support for Israel, saying the ICC had “no jurisdiction over this matter”, which he said was “unfair” to the Jewish state.
“Israel is not a party to the ICC, and it has not consented to the jurisdiction of the court, and we are seriously concerned about the ICC’s efforts to exercise its jurisdiction over Israeli personnel,” Price said. the US view that the Palestinians do not meet the qualifications for a sovereign state required for the involvement of the ICC.
The position of the Biden administration is in line with the policies of the former Trump administration, which the ICC directed at Israel as ‘unfair’.
Price further said the Biden government is reviewing an executive order of former President Trump
Donald TrumpSouth Carolina Senate adds a firing squad as an alternative method of execution. Former Trump aide Pierson does not want to run for office in the Dallas House of Representatives. which imposed sanctions on ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and her top deputies over attempts to investigate alleged war crimes by Afghanistan in Afghanistan.
The sanctions, where Bensouda has been added to the list of specially designated civilians and blocked persons, are commonly used for terrorists and drug traffickers.
“We do not agree with the actions of the ICC regarding the Palestinian situation, and of course in Afghanistan as well … we are reviewing the sanctions under Executive Order 13928 as we determine our next steps,” he said.
His remarks come in response to an announcement earlier Wednesday by Bensouda that the ICC will launch an investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in the Palestinian territories since June 2014 – particularly related to the summer war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and also including allegations of war crimes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The decision to launch an investigation was ongoing for five years as Palestinians pleaded for Israeli accountability on the international stage and Israel, along with the US, opposed the measures as biased and beyond the reach of the court.
Bensouda said in a statement that the court was continuing its investigation in line with an earlier ruling that “was unanimous in its view that Palestine is a state of Rome’s statute”, the agreement governing the countries where the ICC has jurisdiction.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the ICC’s decision and said in a statement that it is a long-awaited step that serves the tireless pursuit of justice and accountability of Palestine, which are indispensable pillars of peace for the Palestinian people seek and earn. ‘
But it was rejected by the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu MOREand calls the announcement ‘absurd’.
“This is undiluted anti-Semitism and the pinnacle of hypocrisy,” he tweeted.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
“The decision of the International Court of Justice to launch an investigation into Israel today for war crimes is absurd. It is undiluted anti-Semitism and the pinnacle of hypocrisy. pic.twitter.com/vGS7AX7SfN– PM van Israel (@IsraeliPM) March 3, 2021
The Israeli ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said Israel “will continue to work with the US government against this shameful decision.”
In May, Republican and Democratic lawmakers urged the former Trump administration to defend Israel against the investigation, saying the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel or the Palestinian territories.