
The ICC: Myths and Realities
On November 21, when three International Criminal Court judges issued arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, the decision drew a frenzy of hostile and often ill-informed reactions from many American lawmakers and defenders of Israel. The incoming senate majority leader, John Thune, had already called the charges against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant “outrageous and unlawful” and promised that imposing sanctions against the ICC would be a “top priority in the next Congress”. Now Senator Lindsey Graham threatened to “sanction any country that aids and abets the arrest of any politician in Israel”, including Britain, Canada, France, and Germany.… Seguir leyendo »