X<\/a> on Friday, Israel\u2019s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he \u201cstrongly\u201d commended Trump\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\nHe claimed the ICC\u2019s actions were \u201cimmoral and have no legal basis\u201d, accusing the court of not operating \u201cin accordance with international law\u201d.<\/p>\n
The US has repeatedly rejected any jurisdiction by the body over American officials or citizens, and has accused the ICC of placing constraints on Israel\u2019s right to self-defence, while ignoring Iran and anti-Israel groups.<\/p>\n
While the US is not a member of the ICC, the former clerk to the court\u2019s first chief prosecutor warned the sanctions could have \u201ca profound practical impact\u201d on its operations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sanctions\u2026 do have the potential of freezing property and assets, as well as suspending entry into the United States of ICC officials and their immediate family members,\u201d Zachary Kaufman told the BBC World Service.<\/p>\n
In his first term in office in 2020, Trump imposed sanctions on ICC officials who were investigating whether US forces had committed war crimes in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
This included a travel ban and asset freezes against former chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.<\/p>\n
Those sanctions were lifted by President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n
Last month, the US House of Representatives voted to sanction the ICC, but the bill foundered in the Senate.<\/p>\n
In response to efforts to what they described as attempts to challenge the ICC\u2019s authority, nine nations \u2013 including South Africa and Malaysia \u2013 launched the \u2018Hague Group\u2019 last month in an effort to defend the court and its rulings.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s executive order said that \u201cboth nations [the US and Israel] are thriving democracies with militaries that strictly adhere to the laws of war\u201d.<\/p>\n
During his last weeks in office, President Biden also criticised the ICC\u2019s warrant for Netanyahu, calling the move \u201coutrageous\u201d and saying there was no equivalence between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n
The ICC prosecutor\u2019s case against Netanyahu and Gallant found reasonable grounds to believe that they \u201ceach bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts\u201d.<\/p>\n
It also found reasonable grounds to believe that \u201ceach bear criminal responsibility as civilian superiors for the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population\u201d.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s signing of his latest executive order follows his announcement during a joint press conference with the Israeli prime minister on Tuesday about a plan for the US to \u201ctake over\u201d Gaza, resettle its Palestinian population and turn the territory into the \u201cRiviera of the Middle East\u201d.<\/p>\n
After Arab leaders and the UN condemned the idea, the US president restated it on his Truth Social social media platform on Thursday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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