Trump sanctions International Criminal Court for targeting US and Israel

“…Donald Trump on Thursday authorized economic and travel sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), over its investigations of U.S. citizens and Israel.

The ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over their handling of Israel’s war with Hamas in November.

“The ICC has, without a legitimate basis, asserted jurisdiction over and opened preliminary investigations concerning personnel of the United States and certain of its allies, including Israel, and has further abused its power by issuing baseless arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant,” Trump wrote in an executive order.

“The ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States or Israel, as neither country is party to the Rome Statute or a member of the ICC,” the order added…”