US joins more than 60 other states, entities set to weigh in on ICC Gaza case

The US is set to weigh in on the International Criminal Court’s intention to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with Hamas and Israeli officials over the war in Gaza, according to court documents.

The court documents come after Middle East Eye revealed earlier this month that the Biden administration was mulling submitting an amicus curiae to the ICC, voicing its staunch opposition to the decision of the court’s chief prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for the Israeli officials. 

On Monday, the ICC released court filings that showed the US government has joined more than 60 states, organisations and individuals asking to file a brief on the case.

The Biden administration joins an eclectic group that includes the Kingdom of Norway, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, US Senator Lindsey Graham, and a French lawyer who claimed he was submitting a brief on behalf of Hamas.

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