Countries need to avoid double standards in decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC), including decisions regarding Israel and the Gaza Strip. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, stated this at the Shangri-La Dialogue forum in Singapore. YouTube.
“There is a clear situation in Gaza where we must avoid double standards. If we approve of the actions of the International Criminal Court against Putin (Russian President Vladimir – editor’s note), we must do the same with the actions of the same court against other players in the Middle East,” he said .
Before that, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova remindedHe said that the United States supports the issuance of arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and other representatives of the Russian leadership, but at the same time they themselves impose sanctions on the ICC and do not yet recognize its jurisdiction. He added that the US’s ambivalent attitude towards ICC decisions speaks of a “layering of consciousness” in the White House.
20 May ICC prosecutor reportedIsraeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants an arrest warrant issued for the Hamas leader in Gaza and other political figures on both sides of the conflict. Israel has already described this statement as a “blood libel” and created a crisis center. The Palestinian movement also criticized the ICC for “equating the victim with the executioner.”
Previously in the US Congress was threatened ICC’s reaction because of Israel.
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Source: Gazeta
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