Blinken calls ICC prosecutor's decision shameful, questions credibility of investigation

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, alongside senior Hamas officials.

“We reject the Prosecutor's equivalence of Israel with Hamas. It is shameful. Hamas is a brutal
terrorist organization that carried out the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and is still holding dozens of innocent people hostage, including Americans,” Blinken said.

Blinken also alleged that chief prosecutor Karim Khan blindsided Israel, unveiling his call for an arrest warrant the same day his staff was supposed to travel to Israel to arrange Khan’s visit.

"These and other circumstances call into question the legitimacy and credibility of this investigation,” Blinken said.