Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I) on Monday defended the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with senior Hamas officials, breaking with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) on the controversial issue.
“The ICC prosecutor is right to take these actions. These arrest warrants may or may not be executed, but it is imperative that the global community uphold international law,” Sanders said in a statement.
“Without these standards of decency and morality, this planet could quickly descend into anarchy, endless wars and barbarism.”
Sanders argued that the Netanyahu regime “has waged an unprecedented war of destruction against the entire Palestinian people, which has killed or injured more than 5% of the population.”
He issued his statement at around the same time that Schumer denounced the ICC for seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and three senior Hamas officials.
“The ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli leaders alongside Hamas terrorists is not only deeply unfair, it is reprehensible,” Schumer said.
But the Democratic leader said the decision is “no surprise” because “for decades and decades the ICC has demonstrated that it harbors deep prejudices against Israel.”
“This decision that suggests equivalence between Israel and Hamas is another example of this prejudice against Israel,” he said.
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