By John Owen Nwachukwu The United States of America is set to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court officials. ...
By John Owen Nwachukwu
The United States of America is set to impose sanctions
against the International Criminal Court officials.
The US, according to the Guardian UK, is willing to work
with Congress to potentially impose sanctions against the world’s top court’s
officials.
This is following the prosecutor’s request for arrest
warrants for Israeli leaders over the Gaza war,
Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State, made this disclosure
on Tuesday.
At a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday,
Blinken was told by Republican Lindsey Graham that he wanted to see renewed US
sanctions on the court.
Recall that ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan had on Monday
announced a move by ICC to arrest both the Israeli and Hamas leaders.
“I want to take actions, not just words,” Graham said to
Blinken.
“Will you support [a] bipartisan effort to sanction the ICC,
not only for the outrage against Israel but to protect, in the future, our own
interest?”
“I welcome working with you on that,” Blinken said.
Khan had said in his announcement that he had reasonable
grounds to believe that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s defense chief
and three Hamas leaders “bear criminal responsibility” for alleged war crimes
and crimes against humanity
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