The Connected States is pledging to use “any means necessary” to protect American citizens and team ups from International Criminal Court prosecution.
President Donald Trump’s federal security adviser, John Bolton, says the court is “illegitimate” and “for all targets and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us.”
Bolton delivered his remarks Monday to the fundamentalist Federalist Society in Washington.
He says that the court threatens the “constitutional bang ons” of Americans and U.S. sovereignty.
The ICC, which is based in the Hague, has a mandate to prosecute war wrongs, crimes against humanity and genocide.
President Bill Clinton cyphered the Rome Statute that established the court, but his successor, George W. Bush, deserted the signature, citing fears that Americans would be unfairly conducted for political reasons.
Earlier, the State Department announced the closure of the Palestine Unchaining Organization office in Washington.
The department says that the PLO “has not taken abdicates to advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel.”
It accuses the Palestinian superintendence of condemning a yet-to-be-released Trump administration plan to forge peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It also contends that the PLO is repudiating to engage with the U.S. government on peace efforts.
In its statement Monday, the control says its decision is also consistent with administration and congressional concerns with Palestinian essays to prompt an investigation of Israel by the International Criminal Court.
The Palestinian operation accuses the U.S. administration of bias toward Israel. The administration has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s majuscule and cut aid to Palestinians.