Biden administration signals it will support push to hit ICC with sanctions

The administration of President Joe Biden will work with Congress on possible sanctions against the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor announced it was seeking arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas officials, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. Congressional Republicans have signalled they plan to introduce legislation that will impose costs on the court for its decision and are expected to force a vote on a measure that could lay bare the divisions with the Democrats over the Israel-Hamas war. Jim Risch, the top Republican on…

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Ukraine and Greece Will Sign a Security Agreement in the Near Future

The Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Ihor Zhovkva, held a meeting with the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic for Ukraine, Spyridon Lambridis. Ihor Zhovkva thanked Greece for its consistent support and significant comprehensive assistance to our country, including defense assistance, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. He also emphasized the importance of further strengthening this assistance based on the current needs of the Ukrainian warriors.https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayina-ta-greciya-najblizhchim-chasom-pidpishut-bezpekovu-91065

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Benjamin Netanyahu responded with fury to the news that he might face an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Benjamin Netanyahu responded with fury to the news that he might face an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It was “a moral outrage of historic proportions”, he said. Israel was “waging a just war against Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organisation that perpetrated the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.” In a bitter personal attack, Mr Netanyahu said Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was one of the “great antisemites in modern times.” Mr Khan, he said, was like…

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Inside the White House, a Debate Over Letting Ukraine Shoot U.S. Weapons Into Russia

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how  can use  arms An interesting statement about the Storm Shadow was noticed in the : “Britain, which usually keeps pace with Washington on military strategy, has quietly lifted its own restrictions so its Storm Shadow winged systems can be used to target Russia more broadly,” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/white-house-ukraine-weapons-russia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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