Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 21 May 2024
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Tuesday briefing: ICC and the Israel-Gaza war; Robert Costello at Trump’s trial; storm forecast; Scarlett Johansson; and more
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| 0:35.0 | President Biden denounced the International Criminal Court for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. |
| 0:42.0 | That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington |
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| 0:49.5 | today's seven stories. |
| 1:00.0 | President Biden doubled down on his support for Israel yesterday. This came after the ICC's prosecutor said he was seeking to charge Israeli leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Israel-Gazah conflict. |
| 1:09.0 | That includes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Defense Minister. |
| 1:14.6 | He's also seeking warrants for the leader of Hamas and other senior Hamas figures. |
| 1:20.0 | Israel, Hamas, Biden, and other U.S. politicians all blasted the move. |
| 1:24.3 | Biden called the warrant applications outrageous. |
| 1:27.3 | Yesterday, he spoke about it at a White House event celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month. |
| 1:32.3 | Let me be clear, contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, |
| 1:37.0 | what's happening is not genocide. |
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