Washington has threatened the International Criminal Court with further reprisals if it maintains arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant. The US has already imposed sanctions on five judges and prosecutors.

The warning was direct, blunt and left no room for doubt. “We expect all ICC actions against the United States and our ally Israel – that is, all investigations and all arrest warrants – to be terminated,” said Reed Rubinstein, legal adviser at the US State Department, before delegates of the 125 member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, July 8, at a meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York from July 7 to 9.

If the ICC arrest warrants for crimes against humanity and war crimes issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant on November 21, 2024, as well as ongoing investigations into crimes committed in the Gaza Strip and the settlement of Palestinian territory, are not dropped, “all options remain on the table,” he declared.

  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
    141·
    9 hours ago

    There is no statue of limitations on genocide. And Trump won’t be president forever. And younger Americans (i.e. the future) are really fucking sick of Israel’s shit.

  • wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml
    17·
    10 hours ago

    I think it’s time for the ICC to start issuing arrest warrants for US leaders, their backers and their repugnant little think tanks

    • StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
      2·
      30 minutes ago

      Member countries would have to divest from the dollar first. We got everyone to use our currencies as a form of stabilizing politics and now we have a group of bad actors using that to their advantage.

      • Tangentism@lemmy.ml
        2·
        21 minutes ago

        BRICS is making headway with that.

        The US empire is already in decline. What it’s allies need to work out is when to jump ship

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    35·
    15 hours ago

    warns

    No; “threatens”. Get it right, news headline writers! It’s not a warning but a threat.

    It’s like how most Canadians view America as a threat and not a warning (oh, wait. Maybe we do see it as a warning too, as we have our own soulless charlatan oilman scumbag politicians).

    • Squizzy@lemmy.world
      142·
      16 hours ago

      And the UK and Germany. Two of the supporters in the EU.

      Germany has disgusted me, they spent so long trying to make amends they elected a race to superiority. Spineless hypocrites.

      • Tangentism@lemmy.ml
        2·
        16 minutes ago

        they spent so long trying to make amends

        Did they really though? They worked to appease their guilt but never really dealt with the underlying reasons it happened in the first place.

        Most of those that did the dirty work during ww2 just went home after and carried on.

        Same with the British. Most people have no idea about how or why all the shit in the middle east started or why it continues.

  • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
    52·
    18 hours ago

    Yep well considering the US leadership is basically following 1930s Germany as a guide.

    The exact reason the ICC was formed. Yeah objections are to be expected.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      20·
      18 hours ago

      the most galling thing about this is that most will continue to insist that we’re still following the rules based world order.

      • besbin@lemmy.ml
        17·
        18 hours ago

        The “rules for you not for me” world order is just in effect as usual

    • IttihadChe@lemmy.mlEnglish
      28·
      17 hours ago

      "U.S. President George Bush today signed into law the American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002, which is intended to intimidate countries that ratify the treaty for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The new law authorizes the use of military force to liberate any American or citizen of a U.S.-allied country being held by the court, which is located in The Hague. This provision, dubbed the “Hague invasion clause,” has caused a strong reaction from U.S. allies around the world, particularly in the Netherlands.

      In addition, the law provides for the withdrawal of U.S. military assistance from countries ratifying the ICC treaty, and restricts U.S. participation in United Nations peacekeeping unless the United States obtains immunity from prosecution. At the same time, these provisions can be waived by the president on “national interest” grounds. "

      https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law