The recent decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yaov Gallant represents a serious threat to the sovereignty of nations that endangers the freedom of U.S. citizens, especially members of the armed forces and former American officials.
The Netanyahu and Gallant ICC indictments might not have occurred if it had not been for the Obama and Biden administrations’ efforts to legitimize the court after years of efforts by the United States to discredit it. The Trump administration should act quickly to reverse this disturbing trend by abolishing, delegitimizing and punishing the ICC.
The treaty that created the ICC — the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court — was signed by the United States during the Clinton Administration in 2000. However, President Clinton never submitted this treaty for Senate ratification because of bipartisan opposition by many senators who believed the court posed a threat to U.S. national security and the constitutional rights of American citizens.
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