Secretary of State Antony Blinken signaled an willingness to work with U.S. lawmakers keen to impose sanctions on ICC officials.
’s administration plans to “look at the appropriate steps” to retaliate against the International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for“We want to work with you on a bipartisan basis to find an appropriate response,” Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza has attracted criticism on humanitarian grounds from the earliest days of the conflict, which Israeli Prime Ministerand other officials have deflected by emphasizing that Hamas uses human shields. Biden and other U.S.
“It’s very difficult to make final determinations in the midst of a war when we do not have access on the ground,” he said. “And when you have an almost totally unique battlefield, where an enemy — a terrorist organization, Hamas — is hiding behind and underneath civilians and apartment buildings, in mosques, in schools, and firing at the Israeli forces. So we’re determined to make every appropriate determination.
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