US politicians threaten to invade Int'l Criminal Court if Israel faces war crimes charges

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US Senators sent a letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, threatening to impose sanctions and even invade the Hague if it issues arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Biden administration is also pressuring the ICC not to charge Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza. Ben Norton discusses Washington's deep hypocrisy.

Sources and links: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/07/us-threat-icc-israel

Topics
0:00 Intro
0:48 US politicians threaten ICC
2:26 Trump sanctioned ICC
3:17 Biden's hypocrisy
3:56 Republican senators' letter to ICC
6:47 Hague Invasion Act
8:44 Israel's gen0c1de in Gaza
9:48 Israel unleashed famine in Gaza
10:37 Israeli minister demands "total annihilation" of Gaza
11:26 Amalek
13:16 US hypocrisy on ICC warrant for Russia's Putin
14:51 Africa criticizes ICC
15:42 US/Israel lobbied for ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan
16:46 US & Israel refuse to join ICC
17:02 ICC vs ICJ
18:40 Save face, or save your empire?
21:13 Outro

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