Tag: International Criminal Court
How Nuremberg’s universalism undermined its noble aims
This weekend marks 75 years since the start of the Nuremberg tribunals, which tried leaders of Nazi Germany for their part in the Holocaust and other war crimes.
A clear line links these tribunals to...
Israel: Tackling phony social-media accounts ‘major strategic challenge to be dealt with’
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs released a 37-page report this week titled “Manipulating Social Media: The effort to delegitimize Israel through coordinated inauthentic behavior online.”
The report shares the results of a ministry study examining...
Justified contempt for the International Criminal Court
It’s the sort of thing that infuriates those who have been complaining for three-and-a-half years that the Trump administration has no respect for the norms and traditions of international diplomacy. By placing sanctions on...
US sanctions top officials on International Criminal Court
The United States sanctioned two top officials at the International Criminal Court, which U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in announcing the move on Wednesday, called a “thoroughly broken and corrupt institution.”
ICC chief prosecutor...
ICC moving ahead with investigation against Israel
The International Criminal Court has announced it will move ahead with its investigation against Israel even though Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas declared the annulment of all agreements with Israel and the United States.
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Congress members write Pompeo, urging action against anti-Israel bias at ICC
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate sent similar letters on Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling on him to combat the International Criminal Court’s alleged anti-Israel bias.
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Legal experts argue impartiality, point to ICC bias in alleged Israeli ‘war crimes’ case
The Jewish state has long been no stranger to criticism and double standards in international bodies. For decades, the United Nations and its associated bodies have singled out Israel for criticism, while ignoring human-rights...
International Criminal Court hints Palestinians may be guilty of war crimes over ‘pay for...
The Palestinians were just hit by a judicial bombshell.
Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) published its Office of the Prosecutor Report. While it predictably accused Israel of false war crimes in Judea and...
Palestinians slam ICC report that says rewarding terrorists is a possible ‘war crime’
Palestinian officials slammed a report from the International Criminal Court that includes a warning that rewarding terrorists and their families could be a war crime.
Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Malki said the report...
The International Criminal Court’s fundamental flaw
In my last column, I noted in passing that the International Criminal Court’s blatant anti-Israel bias is merely a symptom of a more fundamental flaw. That isn’t self-evident; court supporters would doubtless argue, just as...