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President Donald Trump has announced sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its supposed “targeting” of the U.S. and Israel.
Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, accusing the ICC of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”
The order puts visa and financial sanctions on people and their families working on ICC probes of U.S. citizens or allies.
The House of Representatives voted to sanction the court in January following the arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that the court issued amid war crimes allegations in Gaza, claims Israel rejects. The court also issued a warrant for a Hamas commander, the BBC noted.
The ICC responded to the sanctions at the time, saying that it “regrets any attempts to undermine the court’s independence, integrity and impartiality.”
The U.S. is not a member of the international court and has pushed back on numerous occasions against any jurisdiction by the court over U.S. citizens or officials.
“The ICC’s recent actions against Israel and the United States set a dangerous precedent, directly endangering current and former United States personnel, including active service members of the Armed Forces, by exposing them to harassment, abuse, and possible arrest,” Trump’s executive order states.
“This malign conduct in turn threatens to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and undermines the critical national security and foreign policy work of the United States government and our allies, including Israel,” the order says.
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