i.c.c. holds perpetrators of the most egregious atrocities accountable for their crimes provides justice to the victims and deters future abuses in practice however the court has been ineffective and accountable and indeed outright dangerous moreover this is code pink my friends who follow me around so i i i apologize for the background noise but there we go. moreover the largely outspoken but always central aim of the most vigorous supporters was to constrain the united states the objective was not limited to targeting individual u.s. service members but rather america's senior political leadership and its relentless determination to keep our country. secure the i.c.c. was formally established in july two thousand and two following the entry into force of the rome statute in may two thousand and two however president george w. bush authorized the united states to. the rome statute because it was fundamentally illegitimate if the i.c.c. and its prosecutor had been granted potentially enormou

has been calling for an i.c.c. inquiry into israel let's go live to our correspondent in washington kimberly hockett kimberly this is john bolton's first major address since joining the trumpet ministration and he's been going hard at the i.c.c. . oh there's no question about it in fact sort of really undermining its credibility saying that and pointing out that the majority or at least two thirds of the nations in the round the world don't recognize its authority that the united states believes it is rife with abuses that it undermines u.s. sovereignty and for that reason the united states says it will in no way shape or form respect any sort of attempt to prosecute u.s. citizens particularly with respect to alleged war crimes in afghanistan in fact arguing that if that were to happen the united states would take swift action today on the eve of september the eleventh i want to deliver a clear and unambiguous message on behalf of the president of the united states. the united states will use any means necessary to

i.c.c. . tens of thousands of syrians are displaced in. the last rebel stronghold. brazil's jailed former president. has fight to run for election. on the banks of the northern thailand just across the river. downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam. many people on this side of the river wanted stopped. the u.s. is threatening sanctions against the international criminal court of that investigation and american troops in afghanistan national security adviser john bolton issued the warning of his first major speech since joining the trumpet ministration in april and in the same address he confirmed the u.s. is closing the palestine liberation organization office in washington a white house correspondent reports a protest in the west bank now washington was making good on its threat national security advisor john bolton made it if. u.s. is closing the washington office of the palestine liberation organization effort to put pressure on palestinians to return to the ne

judges and i.c.c. personnel if they were to pursue prudent types of investigations such as those in afghanistan and in palestinian territories if they were to follow through on these measures it could have a major impact on i.c.c. personnel that have ties to the united states that they need to travel here if they have economic assets here and that could impinge upon the i.c.c. operation simply by putting a burden on those personnel but again it depends on the level of those connections and how reliant they are on those personnel and it's not clear to me they are necessarily highly reliant on those obviously will be an obstacle for any member of the nasa community not to be able to travel to the united states or engage a business here and we have seen the international criminal court trying to level the playing field under its chief prosecutor bensouda in terms of extending investigations beyond say countries in africa they like to proceed now with a full moon investigation into alleged u.s. will crimes

or our use of the i.c.c. or all the just tools the other means the goal is our liberation is the end of this illegal occupation is building our own state is having our own this dinny and we don't lose sight of who is the enemy here and therefore our economic situation and the humanitarian situation is not bad because we lack resources we have one of the most rich resources historic resources or lacking of human capital we have one of the most sophisticated educated population and nation our situation is political and the for us we go into the i.c.c. comes before all this financial blackmail we are all marked a nation of biggers my friend we are a nation of freedom fighters and we are a nation that demand the righteous rights and legitimate rights and that for us the i.c.c. is important and we will not allow this mindset and logic in the white house that we should accept handouts and left overs to pursue a thus from going to the i.c.c. and from continued continuing our struggle to end this occupation and to en

towards the i.c.c. or spin their reaction. yes harsh language from john bolton the i.c.c. did not react after the speech but they did read the excerpts of that speech which was leaked to the media and we reached out to officials and the i.c.c. in the statement that they gave really they used diplomatic language in one way or another trying to dismiss really the importance of the united states when they say the court benefits from the membership of one hundred twenty three parties representing all regions of the world so dismissing the fact that the united states is not a member of this organization also in that statement the i.c.c. statement they remain committed quote to independent import impartial exercise of our mandate saying really we're not going to pick and choose which cases we are going to try but what is not clear is will the i.c.c. pursue you know trying the u.s. military and u.s. intelligence service men in afghanistan for alleged war crimes because we know that when the poor prosecutor formally requested this this is really what angered the united states they

i.c.c. . brazil's jailed former president lula da silva has filed to run for election and tens of. of civilians are displaced and live as government forces target the last rebel stronghold. the u.s. is threatening sanctions against the international criminal court of appeals serious an investigation into american troops in afghanistan national security adviser john bolton issued the warning in his first major speech since joining the trumpet ministration in april in that same address he confirmed the u.s. is closing the palestine liberation organization office and washington a white house correspondent committee health at reports. protests in the west bank as news filtered out washington was making good on its threat national security advisor john bolton made it official the u.s. is closing the washington office of the palestine liberation organization effort to put pressure on palestinians to return to the negotiating table amid stalled peace talks with israel the trumpet ministration will

so against the very little left or any of the i.c.c. what does it mean what's what it what's about it if i mean it's a world stage if they decided to investigate if they decided look right now they have a investigations going on ten of them are against african countries the african union suggested that african countries several years ago dropped out of the i.c.c. if they were signed on to it they call it the i.c.c. the international caucasian court so they don't like it for their own reasons many of the african countries so it's not just the united states and russia and china and the aforementioned i think what's going on here is the i.c.c. is now threatening as i mentioned to investigate investigate the war crimes against the united states against afghanistan i mean that gives them the authority to issue warrants indictments seize the united states nationals anywhere in the world so it's more than just symbolic you know with all due respect it's more than just symbolic hey let's just talk about this they have powers as a matter of fact

citizens to the i.c.c. the banning sanctioning and prosecution of i.c.c. judges and further action in the un security council should the i.c.c. choose to move forward with the probe into speech bolton spoke quite a bit about sovereignty which is interesting to say the very least given the history of how much the u.s. has value the sovereignty of other nations check it out do i think the united states is a threat to other nations sovereignty and the constitution yes no i don't think we're a threat to anybody else to sovereignty i think i think it has been so important for the united states to appreciate the significance of a government that has the consent of its own people think we're very conscious of the importance of sovereignty we can't and don't attempt to control what other nations do and by the way this is coming from someone who has no regrets over the iraq invasion so that's also something to think about bolton also seemed to be justifying future acts of u.s. aggression saying that quote history has proven that the only deterrent to evil an atroci

warning could make the i.c.c. even more determined to investigate my understanding is that right now the potential best occasion is still awaiting judicial prevail at the i.c.c. and it's not clear to me that there are any steps forthcoming on maybe mr bolton knows something that we don't about the decision that's coming down the road although the fact that this reflects longstanding views of his in my mind makes it more likely that he's essentially taking an opportunity to try to advance and articulate this agenda not a silly that there's an i.c.c. decision forthcoming in all honesty i think there would be fairly unlikely that the i.c.c. would proceed with a major investigation perhaps or maybe some limited in instances the i.c.c. abides by a principle of complementarity an idea that where local and national authorities are in a position to investigate and have pursued investigations and accountability for violations they will defer to those national authorities the united states does have an effective justice sys

we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will join the i.c.c. . we will let the i.c.c. die on its own after all for all intents and purposes the i.c.c. is already dead. in our other top stories the un is saying more than thirty thousand people have been displaced by fighting in syria's last major rebel held province in the north government and allied russian forces of increase that bombardment of it live in the past few days as well as parts of adjacent hama a group say they are deeply concerned about a potential humanitarian crisis in the region. at least six people have been killed and another sixteen injured in a car bomb explosion in somalia's capital mogadishu a car rammed into a local government office al qaeda linked group al-shabaab has released a statement to say it was behind the blast. the iraqi prime minister has made a surprise visit to bosnia where weeklong protests have left at least fourteen people dead protesters accuse hydrilla buddies government of corruption and failing to provide jobs and basic public services about thirty tho

if they were signed on to it they call it the i.c.c. the international caucasian court so they don't like it for their own reasons many of the african countries so it's not just the united states and russia and china and the aforementioned what's going on here is the i.c.c. is now threatening as i mentioned to investigate investigate the war crimes against the united states against afghanistan i mean that gives them the authority to issue warrants indictment seize the united states nationals anywhere in the world so it's more than just symbolic you know with all due respect it's more than just symbolic hey let's just talk about this they have powers as a matter of fact every indictment and that's been handed down and every warrant that's been issued has been against a member of an african country including two sitting heads of state kenya and sudan so you know they could issue warrants they could do all kinds of things and they have maybe a little bit more power again whether or not it's ever used or comes to fruition symbolically that

i.c.c. judges and officials would be slapped with financial and criminal charges if they try to charge americans accused of war crimes in afghanistan bolton also confirm the trumpet ministration will close palestine's diplomatic mission in washington the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court. we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. . i didn't. we will let the i.c.c. die on its own after all for all intents and purposes the i.c.c. is already dead. well i want house correspondent kimberly halkett was following the story from washington and john bolton has long demonstrated a particular hostility towards the international criminal court what was the reaction that his speech today. well as you heard in the. clip there the audience itself was very much encouraged by what john bolton had to say it's the federal s

he said i.c.c. judges and officials would be slapped with financial and criminal charges if they tried to prosecute americans accused of war crimes in afghanistan but also confirm the trump administration will close palestine's diplomatic mission in washington the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will join the i.c.c. . we will let the i.c.c. die on its own after all for all intents and purposes the i.c.c. is already dead. a white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more on the reaction to bolton speech. well as you heard in the. clip there the audience itself was very much encouraged by what john bolton had to say it's the federal society's particularly conservative group it very much it here is to the principles of the u.s. constitution and that was one of the major points of contention ma

the i.c.c. prosecutor has asked to investigate these americans for alleged abuse, perhaps more, an utterly unfounded and unjustified investigation. today on the eve of september 11, i wanted to deliver a clear and unambiguous message on behalf of the president of the united states. the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this llegitimate court. we will not cooperate with the icc. we will provide no assistance to the icc. and we certainly will not join the icc. [applause] mr. bolton: we will let the icc die on its own. for all intents and purposes, the icc is already dead to us. the united states races this policy on five principal concerns about the court or purported authority and its effectiveness. first, the international criminal court unacceptably threatens american sovereignty and u.s. national security interests. the prosecutor in the -- claims essentially unfettered discretion to investigate, charge, and pr

i.c.c. . but whether these forms can be effective in actually securing the primary demand which is an end to the israeli occupation is very very uncertain what mr can the the thank you very much for your time on this that is calidad going to joining us live from. alexandria virginia thank you thank you now zain ahau there has more from the hague. states in the c.c. have had a rocky relationship since the court's inception the united states is not a member it doesn't it refuses international jurisdiction over its nationals but following the prosecutor's decision to open a case and to investigate alleged war crimes by u.s. military personnel and u.s. intelligence personnel in afghanistan that relationship has worsened and that's when we heard john bolton really use very harsh language against the i.c.c. it's not really the first time that john bolton has used such language he was an official in the bush administration and since then he has been trying to undermine the credibility of the court

we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. trumps national security advisor declared the i.c.c. illegitimate and announced that the us would henceforth be rejecting international oversight to protect itself from war crimes investigations and promise to punish those that cooperate with these investigations according to bolton international law threatens u.s. sovereignty bolton also seemed to be justifying future acts of u.s. aggression saying that quote history has proven that the only deterrent to evil an atrocity is what f.d.r. once called the righteous might of the united states and its allies now he even attempted to legitimize past acts of u.s. aggression using the examples of the military raid to kill osama bin laden and recent airstrikes against the syrian government which both pakistan and syria viewed as violations of national sovereignty bolton also gave many special shout outs to its quote friend and ally pledging to protect israel from international probes as well saying tha

i.c.c. . turkey's president warns of a humanitarian disaster as the syrian government targets the last rebel stronghold of. brazil's jailed former president lula da silva says that he'll keep his fights to run in the upcoming election. the u.s. is threatening sanctions against the international criminal court if it pursues an investigation into american troops in afghanistan national security adviser john bolton issued the warning in his first major speech since joining the trumpet ministration in april in the same address he confirmed that the u.s. is closing the palestine liberation organization office in washington a white house correspondent kimberly how could reports. protests in the west bank as news filtered out washington was making good on its threat national security advisor john bolton made it official the u.s. is closing the washington office of the palestine liberation organization effort to put pressure on palestinians to return to the negotiating table amid stalled peace talks

we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and li certainly will not join the i.c.c. . but r.t.c. americana been following john bolton speech for us on joins me live now on the program hi there samir what are they trumpet ministrations concerns about the i.c.c. because it was very direct language being used there by john bolton. well john bull and started off declaring it illegitimate and then announced that the us would henceforth be rejecting international oversight to protect itself from war crimes investigations and even promise to punish those that operate with these investigations according to bolton international law threatens us sovereignty as some believe that this is a statement that the us wants to protect itself and secure its right to invade other countries overseas but that's just what other people said now bull and also seem to be justifying future acts of us aggression saying quote history is prob proven that the only deterrent to evil in atrocity is what franklin roosevelt once called the righteous might of th

and i'm just wondering how far you think that the i.c.c. itself and the credibility of the international criminal court is as much on trial as any of the of those accused of war crimes given particularly the criticism that it's been receiving from the united states that the number of african countries that are either have either left it or threaten to leave it just wonder how far the i.c.c. itself as i say is on trial. well regrettably because of the criticisms that have been made many of them wholly unjustified the i.c.c. is always on trial it is always having to prove itself obviously we have a very important decision that has recently been made where the i.c.c. has a certain jurisdiction for dealing with the wreckage or crisis so there are. there are all steps being taken to to ensure that it that it is a court of the up but its credibility that we're going to be there are always going to be those whether they are sitting in africa the united states or europe the criticizes its methods it has a long way to go to to establish its credibil

is treating the i.c.c. judges as if that will criminals it's a really very very dangerous act by by someone who really has been hostile and mr bolton himself as was mentioned earlier was a bush administration ambassador to the u.n. and within that administration he he went against i see now he has a chance under trump to not only to shut down the investigation as united states but also to undermine the credibility of the i.c.c. as one of the foremost and the most important judicial bodies that is in charge of fighting impunity and i think this is really important this is part and parcel of a general policy of the u.s. in particular under trump to deny any foreign jurisdiction with regard to u.s. war crimes or crimes against humanity we saw the u.s. going to europe to germany to spain even under the obama administration pressuring those countries to sgt loz investigations that attempted to do what the u.s. government and the u.s. judicial system failed to do that is to hold the bush administration officials

doesn't recognize the i.c.c. but then it will let anybody be extradited for crimes against the people who. will that's. if an indictment is pursued then it's unlikely that you'll be able to go into the country to arrest anyone because you'd be breaching the country's sovereignty but it does mean. people who are indicted won't be able to travel any more wouldn't would be at risk of arrest any time they arrive in another country and this puts a lot of pressure on the mind maher military and the civil leadership so what's the next step then after this this announcement so the next step for the prosecutor is to. within a reasonable time start an examination of the issue if they find which i'm sure that they will that the crimes have been committed then they will look to start an investigation and bring charges and but also the fact that since the crime is being committed in one country and has been expanded into burma my amar the prosecutors could also look at whether this deportation is part of the genocide process

are not members of the i.c.c.and they have veto power in the council the prosecutor however can also open a case if the courts and judges give authorization the trumpet ministration is threatening to curb what it calls the court's sweeping powers some human rights activists are accusing the us of double standards and of using the court as a political instrument to serve its own interests for example in two thousand and eleven the united states voted at the u.n. security council to refer libya to the i.c.c. after alleged war crimes by moammar gadhafi government the i.c.c. is reiterating its commitment to what it describes as its in the pen that an impartial mandate it hasn't yet officially responded to the u.s. threats and whether they will affect plans to investigate and prosecute the afghanistan case and address the situation in palestine this statement by bolton certainly is an attempt to instill fear in the court and to instill fear in human rights defenders working with the court we believe that the office of

and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. . we will lead the i.c.c. die on its own after all for all intents and purposes the i.c.c. is already dead. the un says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced by fighting in syria's last major rebel held province in the north of government an allied russian forces have increased that bombardment of adlib in the past few days as well as parts of the jason hama a group say they're concerned about a potential humanitarian crisis in the region. at least six people have been killed and another sixteen injured in a car bomb explosion in somalia's capital market issue a car rammed into a local government office al qaeda linked group al-shabaab says it was responsible for the blast. the iraqi prime minister is made a surprise visit to bastareaud where weeklong protests have left at least fourteen people dead protests is accused bodies government of corruption and failing to provide jobs and basic public services about thirty thousand people have been hospitalized from drinking contaminated water. the law

after all for all intents and purposes the i.c.c. is already dead there you have it the successor to mike flynn donald trump's first national security advisor who was interviewed on going underground says the usa will not abide by the international criminal court those who suspect defacto support for al qaida are in syria from the usa along with u.k. may think there is reason for washington to fear international law but the usa is not alone in opposing the international criminal court six other countries oppose the very creation of the i.c.c. saddam hussein's iraq u.s. u.k. backed israel then saudi backed yemen get off its libya. as well as china the fact that obama's usa would not join is perhaps no surprise given his use of drone assassination but what about india going to be something to do with the nuclear armed line of control and disputed kashmir. the sounds of pellet gun shots yelling and smoke from tear gas canisters filled the air in several towns in indian administered kashmir this week muslims are celebrating the eat or fe

as opposition to the i.c.c. . but. wants to dismantle the international order to ensure that it can stay above the laws and escape accountability if the u.s. is that much against international criminal court why did the u.s. lead the security council and trying to bring president imo to bashir of sudan to the international criminal court why did it support all the applications against african leaders and the international criminal court i'm not going to speak of a double standard. i'm not going to go to the issue of racism i leave it to your thinking. leaders of ethiopia and eritrea celebrating the reopening of a joint border crossing for the first time since they fought a war twenty years ago the border post is on the main road linking the two horn of africa nations and our trial went to war in one thousand nine hundred eight and in disputes over this same border area tens of thousands of people were killed the move follows a peace deal in july russian president vladimir putin is holding talks with china's president x

over attempts to take israel to the i.c.c. . brazil's jailed former president will keep up his fight to run for election. tens of thousands of syrians are displaced and as a target the last rebel stronghold and ladies only the afghan town being built just for a female police officer. the u.s. has threatened to sanction the international criminal court of it pursues an investigation of american troops and of thumb when ashton security adviser john bolton issued the warning in his first major speech since joining the trumpet ministration and april and in that same address he confirmed the u.s. is closing the palestine liberation organization office and washington a white house correspondent reports. protests in the west bank now washington was making good on its threat national security advisor john bolton made it official the u.s. is closing the washington office of the palestine liberation organization. effort to put pressure on palestinians to return to the negotiating table amid stalled peace talks with israel the trumpet mini

the i.c.c. how we feel about hat which is not much. [laughter] mr. bolton: especially after eight years after the obama administration. so that really is what dictated the timing here. although it's no coincidence tomorrow is september 11, which is how this conflict in afghanistan for us started. you know, there was a time -- and i think it's likely to come again, when a lot of countries thought by adopting what they called universal jurisdiction statutes they could prosecute pretty much anybody they wanted any time. belgium, for example, 20 or so years ago passed such a universal jurisdiction statute and they were going to serve a warrant, as i recall, on secretary of defense rumsfeld when he showed up -- in brussels for a nato conference and he reminded them it wasn't grave and -- nato's headquarters was in brussels so if they tried it see what happened next. amazingly they rethought the idea and never served him with a warrant. it's preposterous these ideas, many of which are embodied in the

is opposition to the i.c.c. . but. wants to dismantle the international order to ensure that it can stay above the laws and escape accountability if the u.s. is that much against the international criminal court why did the u.s. lead the security council on trying to bring president imo to bashir of sudan to the international criminal court what did support all the applications against african leaders and the international criminal court. i'm not going to speak of a double standard. i'm not going to go to the issue of racism i leave it to your thinking. and also explain why the palestinian liberation organization has decided not to take pause in the drop of ministrations peace process and what the united states has done so far there are the negotiating table. they did not honor the commitments made to us by president trump personally and the meeting at the white house and method of two thousand and seventeen which he believed that he would give a peace process chance for one year and he would refrain from any actions t

this was despicable i mean the i.c.c. is an international global organization designed to uphold the rule of law and you have someone like trump turning around saying well we don't like it we're against it we're not going to support it has no legitimacy and somehow because trump you know king trump maybe we should stop calling him or emperor a drum he says they have no legitimacy then all of a sudden the world should step down in and accept it and one thing which was hilarious when i was watching the broadcast was that when he spoke against germany he said that germany's buying is going to be buying its natural gas and oil from russia this is a very big mistake and i notice when the picture panned over to the german delegates all of them were laughing because no one can take no one in their right mind can take from seriously this is a man who really he should be locked up. he should be put inside an asylum and given medical treatment he's not fit to be you know unfortunately this the most powerful person in the world and

claims it to i.c.c. is look what brought about the closure of them the sea and the financial punishments it's all the fact that the board must was. courageous enough i would say the word washington to say no and then americans like children they were insulted the double muzza who is nothing who doesn't have a state who doesn't have an equally well doesn't have an army is saying mil to the only superpower in the world i think this was the only effect or and they behaved as insulted children using one state after the other until they finish this and let's see what will happen now i don't think the the problems the united states as united states is having with the i.c.c. is another matter but i think the fact that the palestinians are approaching international legal board this is is happening all the time i don't think this was the reason for closing the mission well and the palestinian leadership that's saying it happened could kenya with its bidding with several international organizations now must step u

administration will deter this i.c.c. at all. i don't think so i think it will make it more difficult i think the i.c.c. both the prosecutor's office and the judges are appalling the highest level of of there the standards of impartiality of of unbiased street bent of fair trials of fair investigations and thorough investigations there will definitely run into many hurdles i think that that's why we need the cooperation of many governments that may have information that should be provided to the i.c.c. we will not see indictment or arrest warrants anytime soon it will take years this is not only investigation about the u.s. it's an investigation about different parties that were part of the armed conflict in afghanistan that involves the taliban it informs the afghans forces allied forces that were working with the united states but for the united states it is important step forwards that avenue to be pursued because of the lack of any accountability in the domestic level and that that is really why it's so important for the i.c.

difference there has also been a suggestion that the i.c.c. will investigate israeli construction of housing projects on the west bank. the united states will always stand with our friend and ally israel and today reflecting congressional concern with palestinian attempts to prompt an i.c.c. investigation of israel the department of state will announce the closure of the palestine liberation organization office here in washington d.c. . the u.n. says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced within syria's italy province in government and its russian ally began as strikes in the area last week it is the last significant rebel held region in syria aid organizations are view on that any military campaign to retake the region would spawn a humanitarian crisis at least two people are dead and ten others injured after a gunman stormed the headquarters of libya's national oil corporation in tripoli libyan security forces say they have now we gain control of the headquarters after several masked individuals try to take over the building ir

are not members of the i.c.c. and they have veto power in the council the prosecutor however can also open a case if the courts and judges give authorization the trumpet ministration is threatening to curb what it calls the court's sweeping powers some human rights activists are accusing the us of double standards and of using the court as a political instrument to serve its own interests for example in two thousand and eleven the united states voted at the u.n. security council to refer libya to the i.c.c. after alleged war crimes by moammar gadhafi government the i.c.c. is reiterating its commitment to what it describes as its in the pen the impartial mandate it hasn't yet officially responded to the u.s. threats and whether they will affect plans to investigate and prosecute the afghanistan case and address the situation in palestine this statement by bolton certainly is an attempt to instill fear in the court and to instill fear in human rights the founders working with the court we believe that the office of

claims it to i.c.c. is look work brought about the closure of them the sea and the financial punishments it's all the fact that the board mustn't was. courageous enough i would say the word washington to say no and then americans like children they were insulted the double muzza who is nothing who doesn't have a state who doesn't have an equal and we will doesn't have an army is saying mil to the only superpower in the world i think this was the only effect or and they behaved as insulted children using one state after the other until they finish this and let's see what will happen now i don't think the problems the united states as united states is having with the i.c.c. is another matter but i think the fact that the palestinians are approaching international illegal border this is is happening all the time i don't think this was the reason for closing the mission well and the palestinian leadership does say that it will continue with its bidding with several international organizations now must step u

absolutely the i.c.c. is the international criminal court in the us has been wary of any kind of international criminal jurisdiction over its military forces in the world since the i.c.c. came to into existence in two thousand and two and in fact the clinton administration was opposed to it and the bush administration entered into memorandums of understanding with multiple states in order to ensure that none of its service members would ever be prosecuted abroad or by the i.c.c. so there is a longstanding hostility towards this international mechanism now fast forward and the palestinians have filed a claim against israel in the international criminal court both for its settlement project in the west bank as well as its warfare on the gaza strip three large scales offensives between two thousand and eight and two thousand and fourteen the us and israel try to blackmail the palestinian authority and tell them rescind your complaint or will withdraw all money from you the palestinians refused and now we see

declaration and they are part of the i.c.c. so this attack is attacking all the nations who believe in the i.c.c. as an organization that is capable of bringing justice forward so it's also another contradiction because he talks about the rule of law and at the same time he attacks the international criminal court and you know it so i'm not sure that his speech on a on an ideological level on a strategic level holds all together it has a lot of contradictions and weaknesses although i think that it's not his concern he was more concerned with his you know he's more i think he needs a populist approach more of you know the last part of his speech i think was directed to the american people more than the international community we're going to have to leave it there but really get it'll be fascinating to see the reaction as it comes into what we just heard over the last hour say that the security and political and it's going to be an editor of the weekly in beirut in lebanon thank you. ok well another man who was listening to all

claims it to i.c.c. is look work brought about the closure of them the sea and the financial punishments it's all the fact that the board was and was. courageous enough i would say the word washington to say no and then americans like children they were insulted that double muzzle who is nothing who doesn't have a state who doesn't have an equal and we will doesn't have an army is saying no to the only superpower in the world i think this was the only effect or and they behaved as insulted children using one state after the other until they finish this and let's see what will happen now i will think the problems the united states as united states is having with the i.c.c. is another matter but i think the fact that the palestinians are approaching international illegal border this is is happening all the time i don't think this was the reason for closing the mission well and the palestinian leadership that's saying it happened could kenya with its bidding with several international organizations now must