Controversy is intensifying and the stakes are rising over the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) recent decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The ICC, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 21 issued warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu and Gallant for alleged “crimes against humanity and war crimes,” including starvation as a method of warfare, intentionally directing attacks against civilians, as well as “murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.”
The ICC’s move has sparked divisions, with the United States denouncing the warrants and some U.S. allies pledging to execute the warrants. The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Saturday reminded the bloc’s member states that they are obligated to enforce the warrants, while Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned allies on Friday that if they tried to enforce them, the United States might “crush” their economies with sanctions….