After meeting Netanyahu, Trump's foreign policy adviser urges US sanctions on ICC officials
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor, Karim Khan, said on 20 May 2024 that he had applied for arrest warrants for alleged war crimes of top Israel i and Hamas leaders, including Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant .
O'Brien, who said Trump would be briefed on the results of the trip, discussed what he called the ICC's"irrational decision" to issue a warrant for Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, along with three Palestinian Hamas leaders, in his meetings with the Israeli officials. In addition to Netanyahu, the delegation met in recent days with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, and Gallant, O'Brien said. Their itinerary did not include Palestinian leaders.
On Monday, the ICC's prosecutor in The Hague, Karim Khan, requested the warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and three Palestinian leaders, alleging they had committed war crimes. O'Brien's comments suggest Trump's advisers would be willing to reimpose and expand sanctions should the former president return to the White House. While the US has at times engaged with the ICC in a limited fashion, it has never been a member of the court, and many US political leaders argue the ICC's international jurisdiction threatens national sovereignty.
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