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US Senator Threatens Allies With Sanctions If They Try to Help ICC Arrest Netanyahu
US Senator Threatens Allies With Sanctions If They Try to Help ICC Arrest Netanyahu
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia) has threatened US allies with sanctions if they try to... 24.11.2024, Sputnik Africa
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On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The court also rejected Israel's arguments to challenge the court's jurisdiction to issue warrants against its citizens. Israel also challenged the ICC's jurisdiction to hear cases on the situation in Palestine as a whole. US President Joe Biden called the ICC's decision outrageous. When asked what such sanctions might be, Graham repeated the threat, saying the US should try to "crush" the economies of those countries that try to help the ICC. Since October 1, Israel has been conducting a ground operation against the forces of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon and continues aerial bombardment of the neighboring country, where more than 2,500 people have already been killed, including leaders of the Shiite movement, and more than a million people have become refugees. Despite losses, including in the command staff, Hezbollah is waging ground battles and does not stop firing rockets at Israeli territory. On October 7, 2023, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. After that, Hamas militants penetrated the border areas, opened fire on the military and civilians, and took more than 200 hostages. According to the authorities, about 1,200 people were killed on the Israeli side. In response, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Iron Swords, which included strikes on civilian targets, and announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip: supplies of water, electricity, fuel, food, and medicine were stopped. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 43,500 Palestinians have died since the beginning of the conflict, and over 102,000 have been injured. The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to cease hostilities. According to Moscow's position, a settlement is only possible on the basis of the formula approved by the UN Security Council with the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.
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US Senator Threatens Allies With Sanctions If They Try to Help ICC Arrest Netanyahu
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia) has threatened US allies with sanctions if they try to help the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court
issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The court also rejected Israel's arguments to challenge the court's jurisdiction to issue warrants against its citizens. Israel also challenged the ICC's jurisdiction to hear cases on the situation in Palestine as a whole. US President Joe Biden called the ICC's decision outrageous.
"To any ally — Canada, Britain, Germany, France — if you try to help the ICC, we’re gonna sanction you," the senator said on Fox News.
When asked what such sanctions might be, Graham repeated the threat, saying the US should try to "crush" the economies of those countries that
try to help the ICC. Since October 1, Israel has been conducting a ground operation against the forces of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon and continues aerial bombardment of the neighboring country, where more than 2,500 people have already been killed, including leaders of the Shiite movement, and more than a million people have become refugees. Despite losses, including in the command staff, Hezbollah is waging ground battles and does not stop firing rockets at Israeli territory.
On October 7, 2023, Israel
was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. After that, Hamas militants penetrated the border areas, opened fire on the military and civilians, and took more than 200 hostages. According to the authorities, about 1,200 people were killed on the Israeli side.
In response, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Iron Swords, which
included strikes on civilian targets, and announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip: supplies of water, electricity, fuel, food, and medicine were stopped. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 43,500 Palestinians have died since the beginning of the conflict, and over 102,000 have been injured.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to cease hostilities. According to Moscow's position, a settlement is only possible on the basis of the formula approved by the UN Security Council with the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.
