Trudeau Says No Equivalency Between Israel and Hamas After International Criminal Court Requests Arrest Warrants
Published on May 21, 2024
A day after the head of the International Criminal Court released a statement claiming he had applied for arrest warrants for the leaders of both Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the “equivalency” between the two groups is “troubling.” “The International Criminal Court is independent in its work, and I’ve said from the very beginning how important it is that everyone respect and abide by international law,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters on May 21. “What I will say is troubling, though, is the sense of an equivalency between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the bloodthirsty terrorists that lead up Hamas. I don’t think that’s helpful.”...