Netanyahu Thanks US for Support Against International Criminal Court
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by Algemeiner Staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem, May 13, 2020. Photo: Ron Przysucha / US Dept State / Handout / Latin America News Agency.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Monday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The Israeli leader thanked Pompeo for the “important actions” the US has taken against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“We also talked about Iran and developments in the region,” Netanyahu tweeted.
שוחחתי כעת עם מזכיר המדינה האמריקני מייק פומפאו והודיתי לו על הפעולות החשובות נגד בית הדין הפלילי הבינלאומי בהאג. דיברנו גם על איראן ועל ההתפתחויות באזור ????
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) June 15, 2020
Last week, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order that authorized American sanctions against ICC employees involved in probes of the US military in Afghanistan and the Israeli military in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In a statement on Thursday, the White House noted that despite “repeated calls by the United States and our allies to reform, the International Criminal Court has taken no action to reform itself and continues to pursue politically-motivated investigations against us and our allies, including Israel.”
