Officials from the Donald Trump administration reported that they plan to sanction the International Criminal Court due to the issuance of an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. These penalties are financial in nature and would prohibit, after a grace period of six to seven months, most financial transactions of the international court.
Essentially, once the sanctions take effect, the Court would no longer be able to operate financially using U.S. currency. The decision could be announced this week during the UN General Assembly.
It is worth noting that Washington has already sanctioned several ICC officials, including former chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who was removed from his position in July over allegations of sexual assault, and the Court's own president, Tomoko Akane, as well as several judges, two deputy prosecutors, and the lead attorney in the case against Netanyahu.
Previously, a State Department spokesperson indicated that the Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor, Marco Rubio, believes the organization undermines U.S. sovereignty, and stated that his country would be willing to dismantle it "brick by brick" if necessary.
Who wanted to comply with the Court's arrest warrant against Netanyahu, claiming that the Israeli leader should be arrested for war crimes and genocide against the Palestinians, was New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. "I believe Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague," the communist told the New York Times in July.
