▲File photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct 28. Photo/Agencies Karim Khan said in a statement t...
Over the past months, Israel had sought to block the issuance of the arrest warrants, arguing that the ICC lacks jurisdiction over the country, but the court dismissed Israel's challenge. Israel reacted with anger. Netanyahu's office released a statement, calling the ICC a "biased and discrim...
Israel, like the United States, is not a party to the Rome Statute and therefore not subject to the court’s jurisdiction. To pursue an investigation of Israeli leaders, the court had to stretch its mandate to the breaking point, asserting that it has jurisdiction because Israeli actions too...
Israel’s supporters in Washington argue that the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel because it is not a signatory to the treaty establishing the ICC, and that as a democracy it has the ability to investigate itself and hold perpetrators accountable for crimes committed during war. “Israel is...
A group of House Democrats is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to rescind arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister as Congress is poised to potentially implement sanctions in response to the global court’s ac
Earlier this month, Donald Trump signed an executive order that authorizes aggressive economic sanctions against the ICC, accusing the body of illegitimate and baseless actions targeting the US and Israel.In the statement on Monday, Dawn also stated that Trumps order against the ICC could ...
Khan said evidence collected by his office showed Israel has systematically deprived civilians of objects indispensable to human survival, including restricting food, water, medicine and energy. 汗说,他的办公室收集的证据显示,以色列有系统地剥夺平民的人类生存必需的物质,如食物、水、药品和能源。 Netanyahu...
the ICC equated Israel’s efforts to defend its citizens with Hamas’s deliberate targeting of civilians. This moral equivalence is not just unjust – it emboldens terrorism.President Joe Biden has rightly condemned the ICC’s actions as “outrageous,” emphasizing the absurdity of equating a democ...
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum, during a discussion on the subject of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo ...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the organization of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions” targeting the United States and its ally, Israel. The ICC, which prosecutes individuals for grave international crimes...