House Speaker Mike Johnson said potential arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hauge against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials would be a “lawless action.”

The Israeli government is working under the assumption the ICC’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, might this week issue warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, the Times of Israel reported Sunday, focusing on allegations that Israel has been deliberately starving Gazans in its military campaign to destroy Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists.

“It is disgraceful that the International Criminal Court is reportedly planning to issue baseless and illegitimate arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials,” Johnson said in a news release obtained by Newsmax. “Such a lawless action by the ICC would directly undermine U.S. national security interests.

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