Trump signs order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court accusing it of ‘wrongly targeting US & Israel’ PRESIDENT Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.".
The move comes after the ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza, a charge Israel denies.
The White House has fiercely criticized the ICC, accusing it of drawing a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel by issuing simultaneous warrants for both Israeli leaders and a Hamas commander.
"This malign conduct in turn threatens to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and undermines the critical national security and foreign policy work of the United States government and our allies, including Israel," the order states.
Joe Biden also criticized the ICC’s latest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, calling the move "outrageous" and rejecting any equivalence between Israel and Hamas.
