The United States has launched an all-out assault on the International Criminal Court (ICC). In the past few weeks alone, the Trump administration has vowed to eradicate the top court, pressured countries to withdraw from it, and has attacked progressive political leaders like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who seek to carry out its mandates. These attacks are jarring, but they are not…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he travels with Israeli “special forces” in the event that he is arrested abroad for his charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) — as he vowed to travel to New York City for the UN General Assembly meeting in September. In an interview with Fox, Sean Hannity expressed concern that Netanyahu may face arrest in a country…
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We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from international law. Despite an International Criminal Court warrant out for his arrest, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently visited the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. While the United States is not a member state to the…
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Nearly half of Americans think that the U.S. should carry out the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters the country, new polling finds, outnumbering those who say the U.S. shouldn’t arrest him by nearly two to one. Polling conducted by The Economist/YouGov ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Tuesday finds that 49…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) has introduced legislation urging the U.S. to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s campaign to “dismantle” the institution. The move comes as Rubio has been slapped with a new lawsuit accusing him of unconstitutionally sanctioning the court’s officials and a UN human rights expert. Earlier this week…
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday announced what he characterized as a “campaign to dismantle” the International Criminal Court, the Hague-based tribunal tasked with investigating and charging individuals with war crimes and other violations. In a video posted to social media, Rubio accused the international court of “waging a war against our country — not with bullets or missiles…
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