Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Joe Biden should revoke President Donald Trump’s 2020 sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) immediately after Biden takes office and then reinstate them in April 2021.
A broken and corrupt ICC targets Israel to protect Israel.
The Biden administration should immediately reinstate sanctions against the ICC.
— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) May 20, 2024
As reported by Breitbart News, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday charges Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant with war crimes over their handling of Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. announced that it was his intention. Mr. Khan also said he would indict three Hamas leaders, but the idea of indicting democratically elected leaders of U.S. allies in response to unprovoked terrorism would anger Israel and the United States. caused it.
As Breitbart News also noted, Mr. Biden rescinded President Trump’s sanctions against the ICC and its staff for trying to block the ICC’s investigation of U.S. soldiers and soldiers from allied nations, including Israel. Neither the United States nor Israel are parties to the Rome Statute, which establishes the powers and jurisdiction of the ICC. Still, Biden acknowledged the ICC’s anti-Israel and anti-American bias, but promised to reform it and canceled sanctions.
President Biden on Monday expressed anger at the ICC’s warrant but did not acknowledge his role in lifting President Trump’s sanctions. Biden had to go back to other old Trump policies such as: List up The Houthis as terrorists.
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