US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for economic and travel sanctions that target people who work on investigating US citizens or US allies in the international criminal court, and during their first term. Repeated the proceedings.
The move is in agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, along with his former Defense Minister and the Group Hamas leader, wanted by the ICC over a dispute in the Gaza Strip.
It was unclear how soon the United States would announce the names of approved people. During Trump’s first administration in 2020, Washington imposed sanctions on the ICC investigation into the ICC investigation into alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan.
The ICC did not immediately respond to the comment request. These restrictions include freezing any US assets and preventing them and their families from visiting the United States.
The 125 -member ICC is a permanent court that can take legal action against individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and against the territory of member states or for the offensive by their citizens. The United States, China, Russia and Israel are not members.
The US Senate Democrats last week signed the executive order after the US Senate Democrats stopped the Republican’s efforts to legislate to establish a government -backed government for sanctions targets.
Sources told Reuters last month that the court has taken steps to protect staff from possible US sanctions from US sanctions, as it has faced financial sanctions that can end the war crimes tribunal.
In December, the president of the court, Judge Tomoko Akhani, warned that the sanctions would “rapidly damage the court works in all circumstances and cases, and that his existence would be jeopardized.”
Russia has also taken the goal of the court. In 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, and accused him of allegedly accused of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.
Russia has banned the entry of ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan and added it and two ICC judges to its list.
Rubio will visit the Middle East after a proposal to occupy Gaza for us
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and the Arab states in mid -February, a State Department official said. President Donald Trump’s proposal to displace Palestinians in Gaza has been widely condemned.
Rubio Munich’s security conference and Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia will travel from February 13-18, a senior state official said late Thursday.
Rights groups have condemned Trump’s advice that Palestinians in Gaza should be permanently displaced as part of Enclave’s US occupation.
Rubio said on Wednesday that the Palestinians would have to move to the “interim” in the enclave, while it was rebuilt after the Israeli Gaza conflict.
The US official said that Rubio would discuss Hamas attacks during Gaza and October 7, 2023, during his trip to Israel, and would advance Trump’s view of trying to disrupt the region.
“The stagnation cannot continue. It is like a wash, rinse and repetition. It becomes familiar and you start thinking that life is this and what we have to expect. President Trump and Marco Rubio believe that this is not so. Yes, matters can change.
Since January 25, Trump has repeatedly advised that Palestinians in Gaza should be taken to regional Arab countries such as Egypt and Jordan, which have been rejected by Arab states and Palestinians. Trump’s advice has long echoed fears of permanent running from their homes for fear of Palestinians.
The Gaza Health Ministry says US allies have killed more than 47,000 Palestinians in the past 16 months on Israeli Gaza, which is now a critical ceasefire, and Israel refuses to Israel. The allegations of genocide and war crimes have been incited.
The attack internally displaced almost all Gaza’s population and created a hunger crisis.
