Report: Netanyahu asked Biden to keep ICC sanctions in place

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked US President Joe Biden in their first phone call last week to keep the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in place, Barak Ravid of Axios reported on Wednesday, citing Israeli officials.

According to the report, Israeli officials are concerned that removing the US sanctions would hamper Israel's efforts to stop a potential war crimes investigation by the ICC, and that the court's prosecutor could see it as a signal that the US isn't firmly opposed to that investigation.