Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Human rights defenders around the world on Monday accused U.S. President Joe Biden of double standards and worse after he condemned a decision by the International Criminal Court 's top prosecutor to pursue arrest warrants for Israel i and Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed during the October 7 attacks and subsequent obliteration of Gaza .
president has declared the U.S. a rogue state,' he added. According to Israeli officials, 1,139 Israeli soldiers and civilians and foreign nationals were killed during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7. An unknown number of the victims were killed by so-called 'friendly fire.
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