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The Cynical Manipulation and Misleading of Congress by Rep. Ilhan Omar

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Amb. Alan Baker - Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently introduced a series of resolutions in Congress calling on the U.S. to become a full member of the International Criminal Court and to establish within the State Department a new "Office of Global Criminal Justice." The U.S. has been at the forefront of international activity in the sphere of international criminal justice. But with regard to the International Criminal Court, the U.S. position has been consistent since the establishment of that Court in 1998, in opposing the danger and likelihood that the Court will be politically manipulated. The justification for those fears became all the more evident when the Palestinian leadership started to politicize the court, to turn it into their own private Israel-bashing tribunal. Omar's primary aim is to find a way to enhance U.S. activity against Israel through the creation of mechanisms within the U.S. administration that she could use as platforms to hound Israel. The writer, who heads the international law program at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, served as legal adviser and deputy director-general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2022-05-04 00:00:00
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