US rejects parity between ICC arrest warrants for Russian, Israeli officials
The US on Monday defended its differing stances on the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Russian and Israeli officials, asserting that the two cases are fundamentally distinct.
“I don't think there is any equivalence between the case that the ICC has brought against Russia and the case that it has brought against Israel,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters when asked about the difference in the US approach to the ICC's arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.