The ICC can go take a flying leap. They have no authority or jurisdiction in the U.S.
The ICC can go take a flying leap. They have no authority or jurisdiction in the U.S.
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From 2008 to 2010, Smith worked as investigation coordinator for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.[19][17] In that position, he oversaw cases against government officials and militia members accused of war crimes and genocide
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But they do matter.
ICC is affecting the U.S. in detrimental ways and now we see the guy running the ICC is guilty of sexual misconduct with a female aide. Prob more than that but their ousting of him does not mean they are not a problem.
On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, and Yoav Gallant, the former Minister of Defense of Israel, alleging responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts during the Gaza war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israeli_leaders
New York has a mayor who has shown he is anti-Israel. Israel is the U.S. ally and has had repeated attacks from Gaza for years. They are defending their country yet Mayor Mamdani wants to arrest Netanyahu, declares him a criminal in league with the ICC.
“Palestinian armed groups committed violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes and crimes against humanity during their attacks in southern Israel that started on 7 October 2023,” the human rights watchdog said in a 173-page report.
Hamas started as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. Its name means Islamic Resistance Movement.
It is opposed to the existence of Israel on what it says is Palestinian land. It wants a state based on Islam in its place and across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyv7w3gdy2o
New Poll: 60% of Gen Z Support Hamas Amid Record Antisemitism on U.S. Campuses
https://israel365news.com/412060/new-poll-60-of-gen-z-support-hamas-amid-record-antisemitism-on-u-s-campuses/
Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ member Rashid Tlaib fundraises for NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/rashid-tlaib-fund-raises-for-nyc-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani/
Rashida Tlaib is a U.S. Representative from Michigan, serving since 2019, and is the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress. She is a member of the Democratic Party and known for her progressive stance on various issues.
The U.S. is being radicalized to an Islamic sentiment with ones running for political office in favor of destroying our country as we know it, everywhere. These ones are in favor of the positions of the ICC. If Rashida Tlaib, a Representative from Michigan is a Palestinian in favor of Palestine then it stands to reason she is for arresting Netanyahu. Then it also stands to reason Mamdani who wanted to do so and only cannot because we are not a member of the ICC has the same sentiment as Tlaib and stands in opposition to the U.S. police of defending our ally, Israel.
This is her statement: “The International Criminal Court’s long overdue decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity signals that the days of the Israeli apartheid government operating with impunity are ending. Since this genocide began, the United States has provided more than $18 billion in weapons to the Israeli government. The Biden Administration can no longer deny that those sameUS weapons have been used in countlesswar crimes. Those American officials facilitating this genocide can no longer deny that their Israeli counterparts have used starvation as a weapon of war against a captive civilian population. Our government must urgently end our complicity in these violations of human rights and international law. We must stop arming and funding this genocide and end all weapons shipments to the Israeli apartheid regime now. Today’s historic arrest warrants cannot bring back the dead and displaced, but they are a major step towards holding war criminals accountable. Netanyahu and Gallant must be arrested and brought before the ICC.” https://tlaib.house.gov/posts/tlaib-statement-on-icc-arrest-warrants-for-netanyahu-and-gallant-for-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity
We do not belong to it. We did not belong to the Nazi party, either, but it mattered.