The ICC has now issued arrest warrants for the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. They are being accused of possible “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes.” It’s a grotesque business, and it will be up to the Trump administration, beginning on January 20, to not just reject its findings as without merit, as the Biden administration has done, but to go on the offensive, curbing its power and then undermining the ICC in every way, with the ultimate aim of driving it out of business altogether.
An editorial in the New York Sun calls on the Trump administration to “curb and dismantle” the ICC. More on its argument can be found here: “Time To Dissolve the International Criminal Court,” New York Sun,
The issuance of arrest warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and the Jewish state’s former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, along with an arrest warrant for a Hamas leader will go down in history as a marker of the illogic of multilateral law enforcement. It sets the stage for what will be a long-overdue effort, likely taking years, to curb and dismantle the International Criminal Court at the Hague. It beckons the incoming Trump administration to lead in such an effort.
Early indications are that the incoming administration understands the stakes of this struggle. President Trump’s nominee for national security adviser, Congressman Mike Waltz, took to X to offer a blast of moral clarity. He writes that “The ICC has no credibility … Israel has lawfully defended its people & borders from genocidal terrorists. You can expect a strong response to the antisemitic bias of the ICC & UN come January.” Trump takes office January 20….
For those sensible souls who want the ICC to be cut down to size after its latest ultra-vires act, and then eliminated altogether, January 20 can’t come fast enough.
A. Vara says
It is time to dismantle this organisation. It has become woke and pro-Islamic org.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Very true. Fact remains that no country will tolerate its leader being arrested abroad. It may be Israel in this case, but President Putin too has been pretty wary of it ever since he was put on that list
Wind up that court, and if a country’s leader needs to be taken out, the other country(s) wanting to do it should go to war w/ the former
mgoldberg says
I remember when UNESCO declared the Tomb of the Patriachs ( of Judaism, of Israel) to be a world palestinian heritage site. Mind you, it was built by Jews, established by Jews, and when the muslims eventually arrived to colonize there, they were bigots who refused Jews the right to pray in their own holy site for 700 yrs. And remember about this particular legal bit:” Khaled Al-Shouli, one of the key lawyers pushing the ICC’s bogus arrest warrants against Israel’s leaders, has troubling ties to Hamas:
Served as Hamas’s lawyer in 2014, directly representing the terror group in EU cases where he tried to get it removed from the union’s terror list.
Led CBSP in France and ASP in Switzerland, two organizations that were designated as terrorist entities by the U.S. in 2003 for Hamas fundraising and later sanctioned by Australia and Israel.
Said in a televised interview screened the day following the October 7 massacre that the attack was justified under international law.” And so, this is the crude theft of right and wrong in this war upon Israel, upon Jews.
gravenimage says
Yes–insanity.
https://culturalpropertynews.org/unesco-declares-tomb-of-patriarchs-to-be-palestinian-world-heritage-site/#:~:text=In%20that%20May%20decision%2C%20UNESCO,affirmed%20by%20the%20international%20community
Then, “Palestinians” have also been vandalizing this important Jewish site.
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/two-arabs-caught-vandalizing-tomb-of-the-patriarchs/2013/08/05/
gravenimage says
Time to Begin Dismantling the International Criminal Court
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Just like the UN, there was a time when the International Criminal Court sounded like a great idea to me. Now that they are targeting the leader of the only democracy in the Middle East, not so much…
somehistory says
Well the name fits: It’s an “international criminal” court. Made up of criminals.
Joe says
Yeah, Criminal, International Court would be more appropriate.
somehistory says
Thanks, Joe.
SC says
Juat another elite owned agenda driven bully pulpit. Sama as every supra national organisation to date. Corrupt as they come..
Ben says
Beepers for the corrupt and evil ICC officials.
JustJim says
This bunch of self aggrandizing fools will eventually attempt to put President Trump on their list. They need to be told, in no uncertain terms, by everyone in Trump’s Cabinet, “Sorry, but you have no standing, we don’t recognize your jurisdiction.”
Gourdhead says
It is time to dismantle the ICC and the UN. They are both useless organizations.
somehistory says
worse than useless. they hire and support terrorists.