ICC condemns Trump’s imposed sanctions, pledges to continue its work
The International Criminal Court has called on member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, describing the move as an attempt to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work”.
The embattled court has received support in Europe from traditional allies of the US.
“Sanctioning the ICC threatens the court’s independence and undermines the international criminal justice system as a whole,” said European Council President António Costa, who heads the summits of the European Union’s 27 leaders. It was the toughest direct criticism by a senior EU official to a decision by Trump since his return to office last month.
The White House issued the executive order against the ICC on Friday in response to what it called “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”.
Trump’s order was a response to the arrest warrant that the ICC issued last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The US and Israel aren’t members of the court and don’t recognise it’s authority.
Trump picks up funding Israel’s genocide where Biden left off…
State Department announces $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing review process
The State Department on Friday announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing the congressional review process, according to Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
…it should come as no surprise the first International visiter to Trump was a Leader with a current arrest warrant out for genocide.
Charming.
…look at the ‘gift’ Netanyahu gave Trump…
Netanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted US President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday, an Israeli political source told CNN.
The gift was an allusion to a deadly September operation carried out by Israel in Lebanon, which targeted pagers used by members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
…a monument to a pager bombing campaign that in of itself was considered a war crime?
An award commemorating a war crime from an alleged war criminal?
That’s where we are at now?
By attacking the ICC, Trump is telling the world that America is above the rules and that universal human rights are a woke DEI plan that will allow Men in Womens toilets, so he’s not going to put up with it any more and intends to Make America Great Again by committing as many war crimes as he sees fit without any consequence whatsoever.
It is going to be a very long painful 4 years of Trump.
Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.
If nothing else, you could say Bibi he has a sense of humour.
I hear people like you said that about your friend Jeffrey Epstein.
Ya can’t make this shit up nowadays, bizzare times we live in.
Comments are closed.