ICC Lacks Credibility: Trump's NSA Pick Mike Waltz Condemns Netanyahu's Arrest Warrant

Washington: US Congressman Mike Waltz, who is also President-Elect Donald Trump ’s nominee for the position of National Security Advisor, strongly criticized the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said that Israel has every right to defend its borders against "genocidal terrorists."

In a post on X, Waltz said that the ICC has displayed its anti-Semitic bias by issuing the warrant against Netanyahu. 

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ICC Issues Arrest Warrant Against Israeli PM Netanyahu

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaza and the October 2023 attack on Israel respectively.

Netanyahu condemned the arrest warrant against him, saying Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions.

In a statement released by his office, he said: There is nothing more just than the war that Israel has been waging in Gaza.

The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate them and complicate efforts to negotiate a cease-fire to end the fighting. But its practical implications could be limited since Israel and its major ally, the United States, are not members of the court and two of the Hamas officials were killed in the conflict.

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have condemned ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic.