Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denounced the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court for seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken , at lower left, reads documents before a Senate Foreign Relations hearing to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Washington.
In his remarks and his responses to questions from senators, Blinken followed President Joe Biden and other administration officials in condemning theIsrael’s block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverageAnalysis: Iran’s nuclear policy of pressure and talks likely to go on even after president’s death
Blinken lamented that some administration critics appeared to be overlooking Hamas’ role in starting the war in Gaza with its deadly attacks on Israel on Oct. 7., Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others in a recent helicopter crash, Blinken told senators that it was a typical gesture when “countries — adversaries, enemies or not — have lost leaders.”
Kani, who became acting foreign minister after the crash, and McGurk were not in the same room, with Omani officials shuttling messages between McGurk and Kani.
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