BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized new sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC) in The Hague.
“I don’t assume it’s proper to impose sanctions on the Worldwide Felony Court docket,” Scholz stated on Friday between election marketing campaign occasions within the southwestern German metropolis of Ludwigsburg.It’s completely positive to get indignant and argue about issues – “however sanctions are the fallacious factor to do,” stated Scholz. “They jeopardize an establishment that’s supposed to make sure that the dictators of this world can’t merely persecute folks and begin wars.”
Trump justified Thursday’s punitive measures by claiming that the courtroom “abused its energy” by issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Final 12 months, the courtroom issued worldwide arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant in addition to senior leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas for alleged battle crimes in Gaza.
The US and Israel don’t acknowledge the courtroom.