Sanctions would endanger the investigation of war crimes across the globe and prove a grave blow to human rights.
Senate Democrats block legislation to sanction ICC over Israel arrest warrants
US Senate blocks bill sanctioning ICC over Israeli arrest warrants
Chuck Schumer’s Democrats Block Trump’s ICC Sanctions
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-led effort to advance legislation imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing concerns about its broad impact on US allies and businesses, most notably Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against whom the ICC had issued an arrest warrant.
The No. 2 Senate Republican plans to condemn the ICC for its embrace of ‘the legal fiction and the moral fraud that Israel violates human rights, that sovereignty doesn’t matter and that Israel has no right to defend itself.
During his previous term, US president announced action against any court official probing American troops; Biden administration overturned that measure
Before you shuffle off the world stage in a stupor for the last time, 'Genocide Joe', let's review your legacy report card.
They effectively blocked sanctions on an antisemitic International Criminal Court because it impacted those who enable it. Then they blamed the GOP.
Trump's first administration imposed sanctions on the ICC in 2020 over investigations into war crimes in Afghanistan, including allegations of torture by U.S. citizens. Those sanctions were lifted during Joe Biden's presidency. Five years ago, then-ICC ...
As Joseph Biden’s US presidency comes to an end, many on social media this week are saying that his legacy boils down to one thing: his active role in Israel’s fifteen-month war on Gaza, which has been widely defined as a "genocide" by human rights organisations, international bodies and scholars.
President Joe Biden, who leaves office next week, announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, saying he has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any predecessor.
Biden and Blinken are not the first US leaders to justify and participate in genocide, to create a desert and call it peace, but they have done it in front of the eyes of the world and they have done it at a time when everything else is coming apart.
Week one of Trump's presidency reveals dual approach: public backing for Israel through executive orders while pressuring Netanyahu behind the scenes on hostage deal and Lebanon.
Ceasefire reached fifteen months after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following 7 October attack
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