WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHCU) — The International Criminal Court wants warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, and a pair of New York lawmakers are reacting. 

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has responded calling the ICC request “absurd to the extreme” and another example of their “notorious anti-Israel bias.”

“The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s requests for arrest warrants against Israeli leadership is absurd in the extreme and reveals the ICC’s notorious anti-Israel bias. The prosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas, a terrorist organization that rapes, murders and kidnaps innocent people, is absolutely disgraceful. This decision will hamper efforts to reach an agreement that would release hostages and pause hostilities. U.S. support for Israel is ironclad and we will always support Israel’s right to defend itself.”

Congressman Marc Molinaro calls the warrants a mistake that will “forever damage the credibility of the ICC.”

The court’s top prosecutor is seeking the arrest of Israeli’s prime minister and defense minister and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes stemming from the October 7, 2023 attack led by Hamas and Israel’s reactions.