Trump administration defends US and Israeli sovereignty with new sanctions against four ICC judges

The Trump administration connected Thursday imposed sanctions connected 4 judges astatine the International Criminal Court implicit allegations against Israel. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, and Beti Hohler of Slovenia.

"These individuals straight engaged successful efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, oregon prosecute nationals of the United States oregon Israel, without consent from the United States oregon Israel," Rubio said. 

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Exterior View of caller International Criminal Court gathering successful The Hague. ((Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images))

The sanctions against the Hague-based tribunal are related to Trump Feb. 6 enforcement order. 

He signed the executive bid punishing the ICC successful effect to its May 2024 apprehension warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's erstwhile Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of warfare crimes and crimes against humanity amid Israel's ongoing struggle against Hamas. 

President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions against 4 ICC judges implicit the court's relation successful allegations against Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Getty Images / Fox News Digital)

Rubio said the 4 ICC judges "actively engaged successful the ICC’s illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America oregon our close ally, Israel."

"The ICC is politicized and falsely claims unfettered discretion to investigate, charge, and prosecute nationals of the United States and our allies," helium said. "This unsafe assertion and maltreatment of powerfulness infringes upon the sovereignty and nationalist information of the United States and our allies, including Israel."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a property league successful Tel Aviv, Israel, successful October 2023. The 2 Israeli leaders reportedly person been presented targets to onslaught successful Iran successful effect to Tehran's Oct. 1 rocket onslaught connected Israel. (Reuters/Pool)

He said the United States volition instrumentality "whatever actions we deem necessary" to support its sovereignty, that of Israel, and different U.S. allies from "illegitimate actions by the ICC."

Rubio noted that subordinate states of the court, "many of whose state was purchased astatine the terms of large American sacrifices" and to propulsion backmost against the tribunal for its "disgraceful attack" against the U.S. and Israel.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the ICC. 

The ICC lone prosecutes cases erstwhile home instrumentality enforcement authorities cannot oregon volition not investigate. Israel is not a subordinate of the court. 

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Despite the warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, the tribunal has nary constabulary powers to enforce warrants, alternatively choosing to trust connected practice from its subordinate states.