Source: Foreign Policy
by Sarah Leah Whitson
“The United States’[s] U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield struck an aggressive blow against the rules-based international order at a Council on Foreign Relations talk last week. In response to my question about whether the U.S. government would comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to cease assistance to Israel for its illegal occupation and expected International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant — both of whom have been indicted by the ICC — the U.N. ambassador was definitive: The U.S. government would not comply with any warrant because it has a ‘problem with the court’s ruling.’ … This sort of rhetoric from leading U.S. officials further erodes the standing of all international courts and will be used as a justification by authoritarian governments who will copy the U.S. playbook to reject international law and ignore those seeking to enforce it.” (09/18/24)