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The United States Raises a Middle Finger to the International Criminal Court

As the International Criminal Court finally issues arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Netanyahu and Gallant, the United States confirms it has no regard for international law or a genuine rules-based order.

28 November 2024 tricontinental,

Finally, before history ends, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The indictment stated that there ‘are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity’. The court found sufficient reasons to believe that the two men ‘bear criminal responsibility’ for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare, the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts, and the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against a civilian population. Almost immediately, US President Joe Biden condemned the court’s actions, stating that the ‘ICC issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous’. The United States, Biden said, ‘will always stand with Israel’………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… more https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/icc-arrest-warrants-israel/

November 30, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized