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And you saw little Justin in Canada and his position. What should the penalty be?"
Hannity then interjected
If you help the ICC, we're going to crush your economy."
Graham respondedFriends and allies, you better beware because this has to happen."
Hannity concludedIf Trump has an agenda to potentially upend international politics and diplomacy as we know it, defending the international order from such a threat is an international and collective responsibility; understanding that throwing Palestine under the bus will not achieve that is critical,
Hijazi said
We are going to pay a very heavy price for Trump being elected. But I hope the ICC decision means Netanyahu will also pay a heavy price for his actions.”
Buttu addedThe days ahead for Palestine are not good … At the same time, Israel will struggle to remove the stain of these warrants. When countries like Canada and the Netherlands say they will implement the court’s decision, it calls weapons sales and the level of political support for Israel into question.”
Diana Buttu, a human rights lawyer and former Palestinian peace negotiator, saidPalestinian civil society has been working towards this moment since 2009; the fact that it has taken this long is an indictment of the international system. Eight thousand people have died in Gaza since [warrants were sought]. Maybe those lives could have been saved,
Buttu saidWe had no illusions about how tough this road was going to be. Every step leading to this moment was difficult, but Palestine stayed the course,
said Ammar Hijazi, who leads the Palestinian Authority’s delegation to The Hague, the seat of the ICCWe call on the International Criminal Court to expand the scope of accountability to all criminal occupation leaders,
it said in a statement
Attacks against the civilian population or civilians by way of reprisals are prohibited in all circumstances.”
Article 51(6) of Additional Protocol I states
Indonesia emphasizes that these arrest warrants must be carried out in full accordance with international law,
according to the statement
The Prime Minister will continue to speak to the prime minister of Israel and indeed other allies in order to conduct the essential business of reaching a ceasefire in the Middle East.
The PM’s official spokesman said
This outrageous political decision from the court calls into serious question the ICC’s judgment
She told the Mail.jpg)
I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza.” ... France is not delivering any.”
In October, French President Emmanuel Macron told French media ... He added
We fundamentally reject the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials,
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reportersIf leaders of Israel are charged with crimes against humanity, then this means that the weapons provided by Western nations are being used to commit crimes against humanity.”
He addedNo lethal or other military equipment has been provided to Israel by the UK Government since 4 December 2023,
then-Minister of State for the Armed Forces Leo Docherty told Parliament in April 2024.
The government immediately suspended all new export licences, and all agreements signed after October 7th [2023] were not implemented.”
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in the Italian Senate in October this yearThere is no German arms export boycott against Israel.”
In September, a spokesperson for the German Ministry for Economic Affairs saidSpain respects the decision of the International Criminal Court and will comply with its commitments and obligations in relation to the Rome Statute and international law,
government officials told Spanish media