President Trump Imposes Sanctions on ICC, Accusing it of Targeting US and Israel

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United States and Israel. The order includes both financial sanctions and visa restrictions against unspecified ICC officials and their family members found to have assisted in investigations of U.S. citizens or allies. President Trump has been critical of court since it issued war crimes arrest warrant for Netanyahu, who welcomes executive order targeting ‘lawfare’ against Israel. Trump has signed an executive order that authorises aggressive economic sanctions against the international criminal court (ICC), accusing the body of “illegitimate and baseless…