International Criminal Court should add Trump officials to Biden officials being referred for possible war crime prosecution

 International Criminal Court should add Trump officials to Biden officials being referred for possible war crime prosecution

US-based human rights NGO Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) has formally requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) launch a probe into former US president Joe Biben, his Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for enabling Israel’s war crimes in the Gaza.

DAWN board member and prosecutor Reed Brody announced “By continuously and unconditionally providing Political support and military support to Israel while being fully aware of the specific crimes committed by Netanyahu, Gallant, and their subordinates, president Biden, secretary Blinken, and secretary Austin contributed intentionally to the commission of those crimes while at least knowing the intention of the group to commit the Israeli Crimes, if not aiming of furthering such criminal activity,”

DAWN’s filing highlights that US support includes at least $17.9 billion in military, intelligence, and targeting assistance.

DAWN should amend their referral to include President Trump and his Secretaries of State and Defense Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.

Unlike his more reticent predecessor, Trump is almost gleeful in his support of Israel’s genocidal ethnic cleaning of Palestinians from Gaza. He brazenly touts removal of every Palestinian from Gaza so he can rebuild it as a Trumpian showplace…and not for a Palestinian state, but for a Greater Israel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio can’t get US genocide weapons to Israel fast enough. He expedited a $4 billion shipment of them for use when Israel likely resumes the genocide there. He condemned the Biden administration for its holding up a single weapons shipment, claiming his reversal demonstrates Israel will never incur a weapons delay from the Trump administration.

New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted he’s a Christian Zionist at his confirmation hearings and fully supported the Israeli destruction of Gaza. He wants Israel to kill every member of Hamas, ignoring that for extremist Israeli leaders, every Palestinian in Gaza is Hamas.

Republicans and Democrats agree on only one horrifying issue. Regardless of who resides in the White House, enabling Israeli genocide in Gaza gets their complete, undivided support.

The International Criminal Court should combine both parties in their war crimes inquiry.