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‘No equivalence’: Biden defends Israel after ICC requests arrest warrants

'What's happening in Gaza is not genocide,' US President Joe Biden said at a White House event on Monday [Leah Millis/Reuters]

United States President Joe Biden has defended Israel against war crimes charges in the world’s top courts.

Biden’s remarks came after Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said he was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes committed during the war in Gaza.

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