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Netanyahu Warns Biden He Will “Punish” Palestinian Authority If ICC Issues Arrest Warrants Against Israeli Leaders

Updated: May 8, 2024 at 6:36 pm EST  See Comments

This article was originally published by Belle Carter at Natural News. 

The State of Palestine will suffer if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, the Israeli government warned President Joe Biden’s administration.

The ICC, a permanent international court established to investigate and prosecute individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, has been investigating possible war crimes committed by both Israeli and Palestinian fighters since 2021, with the probe taking in events going back to the 2014 Gaza war. Said investigation has been extended to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the war that has been raging in Gaza since then, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Two Israeli officials reportedly said that Israel recently told the U.S. that it has information suggesting Palestinian Authority officials are pressing the ICC prosecutor to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, namely Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Herzi Halevi. Israel expressed that it will consider the Palestinian Authority (PA) responsible and retaliate with strong action that could lead to its collapse.

The sources, meanwhile, told Axios that the Biden administration has told ICC officials in private that “arrest warrants against Israeli leaders would be a mistake. White House assured them that the U.S. doesn’t support the action.”

“We are quietly encouraging the ICC not to do it. It will blow up everything. Israel will retaliate against the Palestinian Authority,” a U.S. official said. One such action that Israel warned about is freezing the transfer of tax revenues Israel collects for the PA. Without these funds, the PA would be bankrupt.

Meanwhile, the Israeli media has reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “frightened and unusually stressed” by the prospect of being issued with an arrest warrant.

The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at SHTF Plan

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