U.S. WARNS AGAINST NETANYAHU ICC ARREST

This viral clip shows Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham warning Washington will go after allies who comply with the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. 

The ICC has sought arrest warrants for the pair on 21 November for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. 

Most European countries and human rights groups have welcomed the ICC's arrest warrants. Josep Borrel, the European Union's policy chief whose term ends in December, said on 28 November that Europe cannot ‘undermine the International Criminal Court’ as he sees the court as the only way to ‘implement accountability.’ All EU member states have signed the ICC's founding treaty, the Rome Statute.

A slew of US politicians, mainly those funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), have issued statements condemning the ICC's decision, invoking the so-called 'Hague Invasion Act' (American Service members Protection Act of 2002) that authorises the use of military force to liberate any US citizen or a citizen of a US-allied country that the ICC detains. 

Video credit: @FoxNews (X)

SOURCES:

https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-warns-us-allies-over-netanyahu-warrant-1990635

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-issuance-arrest-warrants-situation-state-palestine

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https://www.reuters.com/world/icc-warrants-are-binding-eu-cannot-pick-choose-eus-borrell-says-2024-11-23