:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/FTZTDGPNXZHQRDWMEZRFJMAU3Y "ICC investigation: Joe Biden reiterated that there isn’t any equivalence between Hamas and Israel")
The American President, Joe Biden, reaffirmed on Thursday that the United States doesn’t acknowledge the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and emphasised that there isn’t any comparability between the assault by Hamas on October 7 and Israel’s response. During a joint press convention on the White House with Kenyan counterpart William Ruto, Biden said, “We don’t acknowledge that jurisdiction. It’s that straightforward. We don’t consider what Israel did is similar to what Hamas did.”
Earlier this week, Biden condemned the ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders, calling it “insupportable” and “shameful.” The ICC’s Attorney General, Karim Khan, sought arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar for alleged warfare crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
The United States, which has not ratified the Rome Statute establishing the ICC, has persistently opposed investigations carried out by the court docket. Secretary of State Antony Blinken beforehand referred to Hamas as a “brutal terrorist group” chargeable for the assault on October 7, which he described because the worst bloodbath because the Holocaust.
In mild of Israel’s intention to renew talks for a truce within the Gaza Strip, negotiators are set to satisfy in Cairo on Thursday after discussions have been paused in May. The Israeli warfare cupboard, comprising Netanyahu, Gallant, and opposition chief Benny Gantz, instructed the negotiating group to restart their work following the failed settlement that Israel rejected earlier this yr. Hamas accused Israel of derailing the negotiations with its army operation in Rafah, whereas Israeli officers claimed the Islamist group had altered key features of the proposed settlement.
Egyptian safety sources confirmed that the talks mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States will decide up from the place they left off on May 9 and won’t begin anew. Currently, 124 hostages stay in Gaza out of the 253 kidnapped on October 7. The solely truce achieved between Israel and Hamas because the battle started was a one-week settlement in late November, which allowed for the discharge of 105 hostages in trade for 240 Palestinian prisoners.