US President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose devastating sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague immediately after taking office, Israel Hayom newspaper reported citing informed sources.
The sources claimed the “executive orders could be unveiled as soon as January 21”, just one day after Trump’s inauguration and “will target both individual ICC personnel, including judges and prosecutors, and the institution as a whole.”
“The administration intends to classify the ICC as an organisation threatening US interests, employing designation procedures similar to those used by the State Department for terrorist organisations globally. This designation will trigger severe restrictions on anyone involved with the court’s operations,” it added.
So... What was that about Trump bringing peace to Palestine, again?
No one ever said that, but this is no worse than the Biden policy that Harris promised to continue.
My experiences talking to Trump supporters begs to differ. Among the other unrealistic beliefs held by some of them, Trump is also supposed to bring peace to Ukraine and "make Americal healthy again."
I disagree. The ICC has been mostly useless in going after Netanyahu by choice so far. An economic superpower threating to impose sanctions and labeling them as a terrorist organization to "force the court to withdraw the arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant" isn't just supporting them, but also actively interfering in any international attempt to hold them accountable for their actions.
Those actions are not those of someone trying to toe the line between balancing relations and public perception, but those of someone condoning and wholeheartedly supporting the Israeli government's actions and goals.