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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-830235
Someday an ICC Prosecutor May Go After American Leaders or Soldiers
(Jerusalem Post) Editorial - Nov. 21, 2024, when the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for alleged war crimes against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, will be the day that led to the demise of the ICC itself, not the demise of Israel. This decision will be seen by reasonable people around the world as a miscarriage of justice. The decision to issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant for fighting a terrorist army that openly states it wants to destroy the Jewish state and which started this war with a brutal orgy of violence worthy of the Middle Ages and Nazi Germany will ultimately strip the court of any shred of legitimacy. The ICC will lose any relevance as a result of turning democratic Israel into a war criminal for fighting a just war for its survival. Incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said, "The ICC's rogue actions are a threat to our ally Israel and, left unchecked, can pose a threat to America in the future." Because someday a prosecutor may use this as a precedent to go after American leaders or soldiers battling terrorists somewhere around the world.