Posted on 02/06/21
| News Source: i24
Israeli Ambassador to the UN denounces int'l body ruling as 'stained with anti-Semitism'
The United States announced Friday night that it objects to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to probe into alleged war crimes perpetrated by Israel and Hamas on Palestinian territories.
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State Department spokesman Ned Price tweeted that “Israel is not a State Party to the Rome Statute. We will continue to uphold [US] President [Joe] Biden’s strong commitment to Israel and its security, including opposing actions that seek to target Israel unfairly.”
The United States objects to today’s @IntlCrimCourt decision regarding the Palestinian situation. Israel is not a State Party to the Rome Statute.
— Ned Price (@StateDeptSPOX) February 6, 2021
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, lambasted the ICC’s decision, excoriating it as a “political decision stained with anti-Semitism,” according to outlet Ynet. Read more at i24