Biden rejects International Criminal Court warrant request for Israeli leaders

Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders condemned the move as disgraceful and antisemiti

The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,' Biden said in the statement. File Picture: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

US President Joe Biden has rejected an application from the world’s top war crimes court for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant.

Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant do not face imminent arrest, but the announcement by the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor was a symbolic blow that deepened Israel’s isolation over the war in Gaza.