Dearborn, Michigan Journalist And Activist Osama Siblani: President Biden Is The Crime Boss Of The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Is Corrupting The Entire World; He Has Completely Lost His Mind, Must Stand Trial At The ICC For What He Did In Ukraine, Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, Even In America

In a November 21, 2024 interview with Al-Jadeed TV (Lebanon), Dearborn community leader and publisher of the Arab American News Osama Siblani responded to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Siblani argued that the ICC should also put U.S. President Joe Biden on trial, calling him a "bigger criminal" than Netanyahu and Gallant, and accusing him of "corrupting the entire world." Regarding Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud’s statement about arresting Netanyahu if he visits Dearborn, Siblani expressed a desire to have the authority to carry out such an arrest. He noted that while the U.S. cannot act on the ICC's warrants due to not ratifying the Rome Statute, he wished he could arrest Netanyahu. Siblani has previously expressed support for Hizbullah and Nasrallah at a rally attended by Mayor Hammoud and has also participated in events with Representative Rashida Tlaib (see MEMRITV clips 11526, 9598, and 9566).

Osama Siblani: "The [ICC] should not put only Netanyahu and Gallant on trial, but also Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a bigger criminal than these two. He is the crime boss in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

"Before leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – where the White House is – he is corrupting the entire world. What he did in Ukraine, and what he is doing in Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Gaza, the West Bank, and even in America... He has completely lost his mind, and must stand trial, of course. I also said this to the American media. I am not just saying this here, on Al-Jadeed TV. He is a war criminal, in the full sense of the world.

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"I support arresting [Netanyahu], but obviously we are bound by the American federal system, and the U.S. has not ratified the [Rome] Statute of the ICC. Therefore, these arrest warrants cannot be carried out in the U.S.. However, today I said in the media that if the mayor of Dearborn does not wan to arrest Netanyahu, I am ready to arrest him."

Interviewer: "How would you do it?"

Siblani: "Obviously, this is a political position, not a..."

Interviewer: "A political position."

Siblani: "I don't have the authority to arrest him. I wish I had."