‘We Don’t Consider Him A War Criminal’: Biden Admin Slams ICC Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu

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During Thursday’s White House press briefing, National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby was asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being labeled as a “war criminal.”

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00:00Thanks John. Just to take the long view of this, very early in President Biden's presidency,

00:08February the 4th, 2021, he spoke at the State Department about his priorities in foreign policy

00:15and he said that one of those priorities was reclaiming our credibility and moral authority.

00:21The Prime Minister of Israel is in the judgment of the Chief Prosecutor of the

00:25International Criminal Court, a war criminal. Isn't posting an alleged war criminal in the

00:32Oval Office undermining of credibility and moral authority? No, because we don't consider him a war

00:36criminal. But the International Criminal Court does. We don't agree and as we've said before,

00:43we don't find the ICC's finding to be relevant or appropriate in this case. We don't find him

00:51to be a war criminal. He's an ally and a partner and a friend. Well, the Chief Prosecutor says that

00:56Israel does have legitimate war aims, of course, but the way Israel chose to achieve these in Gaza,

01:03namely intentionally causing death, starvation, great suffering,

01:07and serious injury to body or health of the civilian population, are criminal. Is that a

01:13question? Because if it is, if it is, I've already answered it. We don't consider him a war criminal.

01:18Good. Thank you, Karine. Thank you. Yes, she called me. I thought she said

01:23Janie. Thank you very much. I said Janie. That was Janie? My bad. Thank you.

‘We Don’t Consider Him A War Criminal’: Biden Admin Slams ICC Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu

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