ALBAWABA - Following the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, President-elect Donald Trump is getting ready to take action against the court.
Trump won't take office until January 20, 2025, but according to reports, his team is working on a plan to punish the ICC.
Trump's approach entails enforcing severe penalties against ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and the judges who issued the arrest warrants, according to the Israeli news organization Makan, which cited American sources and remarks on PBS's This Morning. The sanctions could also affect ICC officials' families, which would be a major step up in U.S. resistance to the court.
According to Mark Wall, one of Trump's top national security advisers, "Steps against the court will begin in January."
The criticism of the ICC's ruling is not just directed at Trump or Republican lawmakers. Democrats have also expressed strong opposition, demonstrating a rare bipartisan agreement on the matter.
President Joe Biden denounced the ICC's actions as "outrageous" and emphasized that Israel and Hamas are not comparable. Israel will always have our support.
U.S. action against the ICC seems inevitable with bipartisan support. Potential actions include personal penalties for those who issued the arrest orders, as well as political and economic sanctions.
This action shows that the United States is firmly opposed to what it considers to be the ICC's overreach in targeting its allies.
International tensions over the ICC's rulings are rising as Trump gets ready to return to the White House, creating the conditions for a possible conflict that might change the diplomatic landscape of the world.
