International Criminal Court
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Pixabay)
January 28, 2025, 7:00 pm
Senate Dems block bill to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he opposed “the ICC’s deep bias against Israel” but that the legislation was “poorly drafted and deeply problematic.”
By Andrew Bernard
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2016. (Credit: U.N. Photo)
January 9, 2025, 6:57 pm
With more support from Dems, House passes bill to sanction Hague court
Rep. Tim Burchett: “These decisions by the ICC are reckless and they not only put Israel at risk, they put Americans at risk as well.”
By Andrew Bernard
International Criminal Court Building (OSeveno,creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
November 27, 2024, 1:50 pm
The International Criminal Court wants to arrest Netanyahu.
Its own legitimacy is on the line.
By Dan Perry
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the public following an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel, October 1, 2024. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
November 21, 2024, 9:35 am
In bombshell ruling, ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant over Gaza war
3 judges vote unanimously to pursue alleged crimes against humanity, making Israeli premier, ex-defense chief internationally sought suspects; PM’s office slams ‘antisemitic decision’
By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies
U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, is briefed on the terrorist assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Credit: Cameron Smith/White House)
May 20, 2024, 3:11 pm
US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC ‘outrageous’ bid for warrants for Israeli leaders
"We reject the prosecutor’s equivalence of Israel with Hamas. It is shameful," said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
By JNS
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, speaks during a work plan between the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court and the Republic of Venezuela, accompanied by the president of the Bolivarian National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodriguez, at the headquarters of the National Assembly in Caracas, April 22, 2024. (Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images)
May 20, 2024, 11:21 am
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
The US, which like Israel is not an ICC signatory, will not honor the warrants, but the leaders could be at risk if they enter the borders of ICC member countries.
By Ron Kampeas
International Criminal Court Building (OSeveno,creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
January 26, 2024, 2:39 pm
Hamas came for everyone it could kill in Israel on Oct 7. Today, The Hague encouraged it
The ICJ accepted the South African jurists’ misrepresentation of the cause and nature of the war in Gaza, seeking to constrain Israel and thus aiding the true genocidal party, Hamas
By David Horovitz
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