Awkward: George Clooney to Attend Fundraiser for President Biden — After Joe Slammed Amal's Decision to Issue Arrest Warrant for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu
George Clooney may be in the doghouse with his wife, Amal, after the Democrat threw his weight behind President Joe Biden's reelection bid.
May 21 2024, Published 4:30 p.m. ET
George Clooney is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for President Joe Biden next month even though Biden recently slammed Amal Clooney’s involvement in the ICC’s newly launched arrest warrant against Israeli’s Benjamin Netanyahu, RadarOnline.com has learned.
In a surprising development to come after Clooney’s wife recommended that the International Criminal Court issue an arrest warrant against Netanyahu on Monday, it was revealed that the Ocean’s Eleven star was set to attend a fundraiser for President Biden’s 2024 campaign in June.
With their 10th anniversary approaching, “they are trying to make more of an effort to spend quality time together,” the insider said.
According to the New York Post, Clooney – as well as actress Julia Roberts and former President Barack Obama – were expected to appear as “featured guests” at Biden’s upcoming star-studded campaign fundraiser.
The outlet reported that Clooney, Roberts, and Obama would be featured alongside “other top surrogates and supporters” next month, while the Ticket to Paradise stars would reportedly participate in a “contest” meant to bring money in for the current president’s re-election campaign.
But Clooney’s appearance and participation in the upcoming fundraiser could prove to be awkward – particularly because President Biden recently rebuked Amal Clooney’s involvement in the ICC’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Netanyahu.
RadarOnline.com has reached out to the actor's rep for comment.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, George Clooney’s wife announced on Monday that she was part of a committee made up of international legal experts tasked with evaluating evidence of suspected war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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Amal and the ICC panel ultimately concluded that there was evidence Netanyahu and Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as several Hamas leaders, committed crimes against humanity in their ongoing war in the Middle East.
“We unanimously conclude that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including hostage-taking, murder, and crimes of sexual violence,” Amal, who works as a human rights lawyer, said on Monday.
Amal and the ICC’s panel also determined that there was evidence that Netanyahu and Gallant were also guilty of crimes against humanity that included “starvation as a method of warfare,” “murder,” “persecution,” and “extermination.”
“I support the historic step that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken to bring justice to victims of atrocities in Israel and Palestine,” Amal said on Monday.
Amal and the ICC panel concluded that there was evidence Netanyahu committed crimes against humanity in the Middle East.
Flash forward to Monday afternoon, and President Biden admonished the ICC for issuing an arrest warrant against Israel’s Netanyahu.
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President Biden also vowed to “always stand with Israel against threats to its security.”
“The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,” Biden charged after the warrant was issued for Netanyahu’s arrest this week.
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“And let me be clear,” he continued, “whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas.”
“We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security,” the president concluded.
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