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Netanyahu asked Biden: Do not remove the sanctions that Trump imposed on senior officials in The Hague
Senior officials in Jerusalem said that Israel feared that if the Biden administration lifted the sanctions imposed on senior members of the International Court of Justice, it would hurt efforts to prevent an investigation into the situation in the West Bank and Gaza.
They also said that the plaintiff would see such a move as a signal that the United States does not oppose an investigation against Israel
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 9 p.m.
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In the video: Netanyahu condemns the decision of the Hague tribunal that approved an investigation against Israel (Photo: Reuters)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked US President Joe Biden during a phone call between them last week not to remove the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague - Israeli officials told Walla!
NEWS.
Israeli officials say Israel fears the removal of US sanctions on senior members of the International Criminal Court in The Hague would hurt Israel's efforts to prevent an investigation into the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and that the tribunal's prosecutor, Pato Bensuda, As a signal to you that the United States does not oppose an investigation against Israel.
The judges of the Hague tribunal gave the plaintiff a "green light" to open an investigation when they ruled a few weeks ago that Palestine is a state and that the plaintiff has investigative authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel is very concerned about a fierce investigation that could lead to the issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli officers and senior officials and give impetus to the boycott movement.
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Fear that you will see the removal of the sanctions a signal from the administration.
Prosecutor Basuda (Photo: Reuters)
Two weeks ago published in Walla!
NEWS that Israel has asked a number of allies around the world to convey discreet messages to the plaintiff in court, which will pressure her not to give priority to the case against Israel and not to open an investigation into the Palestinian issue.
A year ago, the prosecutor in court decided to proceed with the opening of an investigation into the war in Afghanistan.
Such an investigation could be directed against American soldiers and intelligence personnel.
The Trump administration condemned the decision and stressed that the United States is not a member of the tribunal and therefore the prosecutor has no authority to open an investigation against U.S. officials.
Last June and then in September, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on the prosecutor and other elements in the tribunal, threatening to impose sanctions on the judges as well.
The then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it clear that the United States would take further action against the tribunal if an investigation was opened against American or Israeli officials.
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Everything you wanted to know about the court decision in The Hague and the investigation against Israel
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Netanyahu during his conversation with Biden.
Last week (Photo: Government Press Office)
Israeli officials have said that the issue of US sanctions against the Hague tribunal has also come up in talks between senior Israeli and US Foreign Ministry officials in recent days, as well as in a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his US counterpart Anthony Blinken.
Israeli diplomats have made it clear to their American counterparts that even if the Biden administration does not like the sanctions imposed by the Trump tribunal in The Hague, the new administration could use them as leverage to dissuade the outgoing prosecutor and the new prosecutor who will replace her in June. Israelis around events in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Can use sanctions as a leverage.
Biden (Photo: AP)
Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed his conversation with Biden implicitly during a speech at a memorial service for IDF casualties whose burial place is unknown. Netanyahu's remarks went under the radar and did not resonate. " "Blame their morality by making false claims," Netanyahu said.
The White House and the prime minister's office declined to comment, but did not deny the details in the article.
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