Reporter And State Dept Spox Engage In Fiery Debate: ‘I’m Sorry How Do You Have Jurisdiction?’

During a press briefing on Monday, State Department State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller answered reporter questions on recent ICC arrest warrants against Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hamas leaders.

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[AdastraRecordings]

When the ICC send arrest warrants for Putin they have jurisdiction, but send them for Netanyahu they don't. Thanks for my daily dose of gaslighting.

[richardhughes]

Isreal investigates itself hhahaha ..what a joke.

[smejiagil]

The journalist is the great Matt Lee. He must be acknowledged 👏🏻

[ntokozo]

With this logic, Russia should investigate itself then.

[noorasyed]

"So if Palestinians have a problem then they need to go to Israel's court" ha ha ha

[dipropraubha]

We should've just let Germany investigate itself

[SemperFi]

I love it when journalists catch government officials by the balls 😂😂😂😂

[_Make_America_Native_Again_.]

USA was cheering when ICC issued warrants for Putin

[saysayeed]

By now, Americans should be calling for their capital to be moved to Tel Aviv.

[miguelstingray]

Hypocrites. The us has lost any little moral ground it had.

[naga]

When a wife files a report about an abusive husband ... in America apparently, the police asks the husband to investigate if there was abuse. And when the husband says there never was abuse, the police would say that is sufficient. In every instance the US says Israel will investigate whether there was any wrongdoings, they say we found nothing and it's is enough for the Americans.

[sisque]

The US spokesperson just said they want an independent Palestinian state, then why sid the US voters against it 4x and every year for statehood? I have never heard so much shit and propaganda come out of this spokesperson mouth.

[MaoriNinja]

Israel: we investigated ourselves and we found no fault.
Also Israel: they’re committing war crimes, not us!

[billisenberger]

Israel is investigating itself. What a joke. We have seen that movie before and know the outcome. Just one such example is Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

[James-ojkq]

We are sick and tired of ‘’processes’’ as word fillers. All I keep hearing is that and they are investigating themselves but no outcome for past 75 years!

[_Make_America_Native_Again_.]

So warrant for Natanyahu is bad, but warrant for Putin is good ? 😂

[michealgeoghegan]

Well done to Matt Lee for exposing the rank hypocrisy of this administration. A true journalist with integrity.

[leealan]

This administartion has no idea what it is doing. It's foreign policy is terrible, and it's ability to talk on very complex issues is lacking any ability at all.

[LadanELsol]

I Love this Reporter! He clarified what the world needs to know! Shame on Genocidal corrupt politicians

[mruvueh]

He’s probably thinking “I don’t get paid enough to look like a piece of shit “