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Trump Admin Prepares Sweeping Sanctions on International Criminal Court
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to impose sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), potentially disrupting the tribunal’s finances and day-to-day operations, in the latest escalation against the Hague-based court over its investigations into war crimes by the US and Israel.
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Top US Democrat Places Hold on $2.8 Billion Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Gaza and Lebanon Assault
The ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Wednesday that he was placing a hold on a major $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel, putting major procedural hurdles on the transaction that earned widespread condemnation from Democrats and far-right Republicans alike and came amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.
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US Extends Visa Ban on Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly While Shielding Israeli Leaders
The Trump administration has announced that it will extend visa restrictions on Palestinian officials, preventing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from travelling to New York to address the UN General Assembly next week for the second consecutive year after calling for accountability over the Israeli occupation and violations against Palestinians, while Israeli leaders continue to receive US support.
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UK Tells US That Ban on Israeli Settlements Will Be ‘Largely Symbolic’
Britain has privately assured the US that its planned sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank will be “largely symbolic and will have no “material impact on the UK’s wider relationship with Israel on trade or security”.
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US Sanctions ICC President and Trial Lawyer Amid Campaign to Dismantle Court Over Israel, US War Crimes Probes
The US announced on Tuesday that it had sanctioned International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane and the court’s Senegalese senior trial lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye, in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign against the Hague-based court over its investigations into war crimes committed by the US and its close ally, Israel.
