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President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) connected Thursday, successful effect to its May 2024 apprehension warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The bid unveils fiscal sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials and their household members who enactment ICC investigations against U.S. citizens and allies.
The ICC is an independent, planetary organization, based successful The Hague, Netherlands, and established nether the Rome Statute, an planetary pact that took effect successful 2002. The tribunal oversees planetary issues including genocide, crimes against humanity and warfare crimes.
The Trump White House claims that the U.S. and Israel are not subjected to the jurisdiction of the ICC due to the fact that the tribunal poses threats to U.S. sovereignty and law protections. Additionally, the White House has accused the ICC of politicization and said ICC has targeted Israel without holding regimes similar Iran to the aforesaid standards.
In September 2018, Trump said that "as acold arsenic America is concerned, the ICC has nary jurisdiction, nary legitimacy, and nary authority."
In May 2024, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, from the United Kingdom, had asked for an apprehension warrant for Netanyahu and his erstwhile Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whom Netanyahu fired successful November 2024. The warrant paved the mode for their arrest, should they sojourn immoderate of the 124 countries that are enactment to the Rome Statute, including the United Kingdom, France and Austria.
Khan besides issued apprehension warrants for Hamas person Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif, who person each since been killed by Israeli forces.
Khan said helium issued these warrants against Hamas leaders for warfare crimes including murder, taking hostages arsenic a warfare crime, torture and different inhumane acts, pursuing the Palestinian militant group's onslaught connected Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023.
Khan besides said helium issued the warrants against the Israeli leaders owed to warfare crimes including starvation of civilians, directing attacks against a civilian population, persecution and different inhumane acts.
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In January, aft Trump's inauguration, the House besides passed authorities that would authorisation the ICC, but the measurement failed to beforehand successful the Senate Jan. 28.
Trump welcomed Netanyahu for a sojourn astatine the White House connected Tuesday, wherever Trump signed an enforcement bid reinstating his "maximum pressure" run against Iran. Trump besides unveiled plans to rebuild Gaza, and described Netanyahu arsenic the "right leader" for Israel.
"He's done a large occupation and we've been friends for a agelong time," Trump told reporters. "We bash a large occupation also, and I deliberation I deliberation we person a operation that's precise unbeatable, actually.
Netanyahu besides voiced appreciation for this relationship with Trump, and his enactment for Israel and the Jewish people.
"I've said this before, I'll accidental it again," Netanyahu said Tuesday. "You are the top person Israel has ever had successful the White House. And that's wherefore the radical of Israel person specified tremendous respect for you."
Trump antecedently issued sanctions against ICC officials successful 2020, signing disconnected connected an plus frost and household introduction prohibition against them stemming from an ICC probe into alleged U.S. actions successful Afghanistan.
Fox News’ Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
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