#Biden may throw #Netanyahu ‘under the bus’ at the #ICC : Report

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Israel reportedly frets #Biden may throw #Netanyahu ‘under the bus’ at the #ICC

Neither the #US nor #Israel are signatories to the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed concerns that a move by the Court to issue arrest warrants against himself and members of his government would set a “dangerous precedent.”

“Where is Biden? Why is he quiet while Israel will potentially be thrown under the bus?” an Israeli diplomatic source told the Jerusalem Post Sunday, amid reports earlier this week that The Hague could not have considered the idea of arrest warrants without a nod from the White House.

“The sources at The Hague said that it is impossible that the chief prosecutor would have decided on such a dramatic step, in a war that is still ongoing…if he had not at least had a ‘green light’ from the Americans. If this is true, this is another unprecedented low in relations between Israel and the US,” Israeli journalist Amit Segal wrote in a report cited by JNS.

Separately on Sunday, Walla News reported that Netanyahu had spearheaded a “nonstop push over the telephone,” focused on calls to the White House, to prevent ICC warrants from being issued.

Netanyahu warned on Friday that under his leadership, Israel would “never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defence.”

Senior Israeli cabinet officials have held several emergency meetings to discuss the possible ICC warrants, which according to reports could target Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, over the way Israel has pursued its war in Gaza, which has resulted in the maiming and/or killing of over five per cent of the Strip’s prewar population.