Russia criticizes the hypocrisy of the US in the ICJ investigation against Israel
Russia has condemned the United States for hypocrisy in opposing an International Criminal Court investigation into Israel's crimes in its months-long war in the besieged Gaza Strip and supporting an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin issued by the same court.
In a post on the Telegram network on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that "Washington fully supported the issuance of ICJ orders against the Russian leadership."
However, "the American political system does not recognize the legitimacy of this court in relation to itself and its satellites", she said, denouncing such a position as intellectually "absurd".
In March 2023, the Hague-based ICJ issued an arrest warrant against the Russian president, accusing Putin of war crimes for the illegal deportation of hundreds of children from Ukraine. The court said there are reasonable facts to believe that Putin bears individual criminal responsibility.
Last year, US President Joe Biden said the ICJ's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Putin was justified.
But currently, the US administration is strongly opposing the ICJ's efforts to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.
