Iran’s Recent Troublemaking Is a Sign of Weakness
The U.S. should press its advantage.
January 14, 2021
Blundering into a politically motivated legal proceeding will accomplish nothing.
Last spring, the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined that it has jurisdiction over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and part of Jerusalem, although Israel is not a party to the Rome Statue that created the court, and although the “state of Palestine,” which has brought the underlying complaint, does not exist. Another ICC report calls for a full investigation of the Jewish state. Nicholas Rostow explains why nothing good will come from these cases, or from the court’s inevitable decision to involve itself further in the prosecution of Israeli leaders and soldiers:
The U.S. should press its advantage.
Blundering into a politically motivated legal proceeding will accomplish nothing.
It could make the difference for him in the next election.
He professes to believe that parents’ rights trump “intacticivism.”
Envisioning a greater role for religion, and a smaller one for government.
Last spring, the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined that it has jurisdiction over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and part of Jerusalem, although Israel is not a party to the Rome Statue that created the court, and although the “state of Palestine,” which has brought the underlying complaint, does not exist. Another ICC report calls for a full investigation of the Jewish state. Nicholas Rostow explains why nothing good will come from these cases, or from the court’s inevitable decision to involve itself further in the prosecution of Israeli leaders and soldiers:
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