The new US defense from Israel, which this time brings an attack. Donald Trump decided to impose sanctions on four judges for the “illegal actions of the International Criminal Court against the United States and Israel.” According to Washington, this measure responds to what he considers “politicization and abuse of power” by the court based in the Hague.
But the truth is that the International Court, which saw light in the late 90s, seeks to have the most serious crimes that can be committed, do not remain unpunished. This central idea of the court, which prevents those who consider the worst criminals in the world to leave the unpunished ones, appeared after the words of the prosecutor Karim Khan, when on May 20, 2024 he asked to arrest the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then Minister of Defense and three Hamas’s Legs: “Today we again emphasize all international laws that adhere to the general legislative legislative legislative Laws that are again applied in all international laws in this and legislation and in “international legislation”.
And this, it seems, does not seek him when it comes to his friends.
Thus, the US State Department, headed by Marco Rubio, said on Thursday that he imposes “sanctions against foreign persons involved in certain actions of the IPC, especially those who are directed against citizens of the United States and Israelis without the consent of their relevant governments. The authorized judges participated directly in the decisions that were allowed by investigations or the issuance of arrests against arrests against the American or unsurpassed American or fans.
Judges: Solomiya Balungi Boss, judge of the appeal room; Luz del Carmen Ibanyes Carranza, judge of the appeal room; Rhine Adelaide Sophia Alapini-Gans, a judge of preliminary and court issues; And Bety Choler, a judge of the rooms of preliminary and court issues.
According to the State Department, Boss and Ibanyes Carrance authorized the IPC investigation as a result of the execution of the American military in Afghanistan in 2020, while Alapini-Hages and Holer approved the issuance of Jayav Galland’s arrest.
A few minutes after the announcement of the US government, Mus condemned its actions. “These measures are an obvious attempt to undermine the independence of an international judicial institution,” said the representative of the agency Fadi El Abdallah in his statement: “The purpose of those who work for responsibility does not help civilians who have fallen into conflicts. This gives wings only to those who believe that they can act with impunity. ”
In February, the chief prosecutor of the court based in the Hague, Karim Khan, was included in the list of “specially designated citizens and blocked people” in Washington, which prohibits the conduct of business with US citizens and imposes restrictions on entry into the United States.
Khan, who was preparing to arrest the two most extremist ministers of the Israeli government, when in the middle he announced that he had gone head until the investigation against him had ended inappropriate sexual behavior with the newspaper newspaper Wall Street Journal Referring to extrebajadors and current IPC workers.
Sanctions
From this decision, says the US Department, all assets and assets of the aforementioned judges are blocked in the United States or under the control of American persons and should be informed of the control of foreign assets (OFAC) of the Treasury Department.
In addition, transactions with authorized people are prohibited by US citizens or in the United States, if not clearly permission on OFAC. This includes sending or receiving funds, goods or services.
Marco Rubio: “This is a shameful attack on the USA and Israel”
“These people participated directly in the efforts of the International Criminal Court (MUS) to investigate, arrest, stop or process citizens of the United States or Israel, without the consent of the United States or Israel,” Marco Rubio said: “As judges IPT, these four people actively participated in illegal and reasons without coordinated states. Restrictions for the investigation, charges and processing of citizens of the United States and our allies.
“The United States will take measures that you consider necessary to protect our sovereignty, Israel and some other allies of the United States from the illegal actions of the IPC,” said the Secretary of State: “I call the countries that still support the IPC,“ many of which are owed their freedom, so that they fight against this is a shame – the attack on our country. ”