Biden Says Trying to Arrest Israel's Leaders Is 'Outrageous'

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applies for war-crimes warrants against three Hamas leaders, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense chief. Joe Biden condemns the ICC's move, saying there's no equivalence between Hamas and Israel. But does the U.S. have the tools to back up the President's words and hit back at the ICC? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.1	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:26.1	The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for both Hamas
0:31.0	leaders and Israel's top politicians.
0:34.0	As President Biden denounces the moral equivalents,
0:37.5	but what action will Biden take?
0:39.5	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:43.0	We are joined today by my colleagues,
0:45.2	Elliot Kaufman and Bill McGurn.
0:48.2	On Monday, the International Criminal Court
0:50.2	announced that it was seeking arrest warrants
0:52.0	for both Israel's Prime Minister
0:54.0	Benjamin Net Yahoo and his defense chief as well as three Hamas leaders responsible for
0:59.6	the October 7th massacre. Let's start with a clip of that prosecutor on CNN.
1:05.0	We've applied today.
1:07.0	We'll apply for warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu
1:11.0	and also Minister of Defence Galant for crimes of causing extermination, causing starvation
1:20.6	as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies, deliberately
1:25.8	targeting civilians in conflict.
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