Video Infoblog: US & Israel destroy international law in Gaza, while preaching 'rules-based order'
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The US is backing Israel as it bombs Palestinian civilians in Rafah. Both are blatantly defying the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC). Ben Norton documents the hypocrisy of the Biden administration's claims to uphold the "rules-based international order" as it sponsors Netanyahu's crimes against humanity in Gaza.
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0:00 Intro
1:30 ICJ orders Israel to stop attacking Rafah
2:38 Israel bombs tent camp in Rafah
3:51 US & UK help Israel violate ICJ rulings
4:34 UN expert calls for sanctions on Israel
6:28 Netanyahu: "Nobody will stop us - not the Hague"
7:19 US threatens to sanction ICC
8:19 Israeli spy chief threatened ICC
9:23 Trump & Biden attack ICC
9:50 Hypocrisy of "rules-based order"
13:02 US House Speaker Mike Johnson threatens ICC
13:48 US "rules-based order" vs. international law-based order
14:40 UK PM Rishi Sunak praises "rules-based order"
15:00 Germany's hypocrisy on Israel
17:55 Western neocolonialism
23:58 China defends international law
26:16 Outro
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Transcript
Intro
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the United States and Israel are
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destroying international law the
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international criminal court has applied
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for an arrest warrant for Israel's prime
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minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also its
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defense minister and the response of the
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US government has been to threaten the
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ICC the Biden Administration is now
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considering putting sanctions on the IC
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furthermore the international court of
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justice in January and May has issued
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two different rulings against Israel
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telling Israel to stop killing
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Palestinians in Gaza and Israel has
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blatantly violated these rulings by the
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top United Nation's legal Authority and
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the US has continued supporting Israel
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arming Israel in violation of these
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rulings by the IC and the icj meanwhile
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the US government claims to uphold the
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so-called rules-based International
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order and the US has constantly attacked
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China claiming that China is threatening
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the so-called rules-based International
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order but in reality the US is blatantly
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violating international law and
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facilitating the most egregious crimes
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against humanity while lecturing other
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countries about the so-called rule of
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law La we saw the clearest example of
ICJ orders Israel to stop attacking Rafah
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this on the 24th of May when the
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international court of justice issued a
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ruling saying very clearly that Israel
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must quote immediately halt its military
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offensive and any other action in the
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Rafa government which may inflict on the
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Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of
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life that could bring about its physical
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destruction in whole or in part and in
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particular the icj was referencing the G
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convention the worst crime a country
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could commit the G crime I don't say
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that word because when I do this is
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always demonetized and censored in the
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algorithm but this was a reference to
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the January ruling by the icj in which
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the top un legal body said that Israel
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can be investigated for the crime of G
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and Amnesty International and other Main
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Western human rights organizations have
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said very clearly that Israel is
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violating this ruling that goes back to
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January and Israel is also blatantly
Israel bombs tent camp in Rafah
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violating the new icj ruling from May
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and on the 27th of May Israel carried
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out horrific war crimes in Rafa bombing
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a refug camp full of tents killing at
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least 45 Palestinians the vast majority
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women and children and even the
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mainstream Western media which is very
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biased in support of Israel even they
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are harshly condemning these blatant war
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crimes Israel is just blatantly bombing
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women and children in a safe Zone in
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Gaza in blatant violation of a ruling by
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the heg even the mainstream Israeli
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newspaper The Times of Israel published
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an article titled no longer justifiable
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Israel faces International condemnation
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for strike in Rafa and it notes that
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even the European Union which strongly
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supports Israel and opposes Palestinian
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human rights even the EU is now
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condemning these blatant crimes against
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humanity but what has been the response
US & UK help Israel violate ICJ rulings
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of the US government and also the
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British government they are continuing
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to support Israel as it kills huge
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numbers of Palestinian women and
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children with us bombs and US military
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assistance the US and the UK spent
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months claiming falsely that they oppose
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an Israeli invasion of Rafa the Biden
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Administration said this is our red line
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Israel cannot invade Rafa well now
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they're invading and bombing Rafa and
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what's the US response crickets the US
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is supporting these blatant crimes
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against humanity in violation of rulings
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by the international court of justice
UN expert calls for sanctions on Israel
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the top United Nations expert on
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Palestinian human rights Francesca Alan
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the UN special repur she has been
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speaking out very loudly about this and
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she tweeted in response to the icj's
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ruling she said quote let's be clear as
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the icj orders Israel to stop its
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offensive in Rafa Israel intensifies its
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attacks on it and then she says be sure
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Israel will not stop this madness until
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we make it stop member states must
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impose sanctions arms embargo and
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suspend diplomatic and political
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relations with Israel until it ceases
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its assault in a follow-up tweet albanes
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the UN special reporter tweeted quote
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more Horror in the Gaza ghetto the
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Israeli occupation forces have bombed a
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camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafa
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causing plastic tents to catch fire and
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tragically burning people
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alive this cruelty along with blatant
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Defiance of the international law system
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is unacceptable the Gaza G crime will
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not easily end without external pressure
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Israel must face sanctions Justice
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suspension of agreements trade
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partnership and Investments as well as
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participation in international fora the
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UN Agency for Palestine refugees unra
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said quote Gaza has become hell on Earth
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families continue to seek Refuge trying
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to escape War but there is no such thing
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as a safe place in the Gaza Strip No One
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Is Safe not civilians not Aid workers no
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one has been spared and what has been
Netanyahu: "Nobody will stop us - not the Hague"
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the response of the Israeli regime well
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prime minister Benjamin nahu said it
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very clear in January he said quote
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nobody will stop us not the heg not the
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heg this is the definition of being a
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rogue State Israel is saying that it
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doesn't care about international law it
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doesn't care about the United Nations
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top legal body at the heg they will
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carry out crimes against humanity and
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try to exterminate the indigenous
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Palestinian people and they know they
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can get away with it because the US
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government is protecting Israel and
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preventing any consequences shielding it
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from all consequences under
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international law this is the reality of
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the so-called rules-based International
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order that US government officials
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constantly lecture other countries about
US threatens to sanction ICC
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and we saw another clear example of this
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hypocrisy on the 20th of May when the
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prosecutor of the international criminal
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court applied for arrest warrant
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for Israel's prime minister Netanyahu
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and defense minister yav Galant in
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response Netanyahu published a video on
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Twitter and in Hebrew he said quote no
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one will stop us no one will stop us
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this is a rogue State and what was the
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response of the US government Joe Biden
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himself attacked the IC calling it
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outrageous and then the US Secretary of
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State Anthony blinkin particip ated in a
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senate Hearing in which he said that the
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Biden Administration is considering
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putting sanctions on the international
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criminal court and of course blinkin and
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Biden are Democrats and they called for
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working with the Republicans with Donald
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Trump and his allies in order to
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threaten the ICC meanwhile the British
Israeli spy chief threatened ICC
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newspaper the guardian revealed that
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Israel has been threatening ICC
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officials this article titled revealed
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Israeli spy Chief threatened ICC
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prosecutor over war crimes inquiry it
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notes I'm reading from the article quote
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the former head of the Mad Israel's
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foreign intelligence agency allegedly
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threatened a chief prosecutor of the
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international criminal court in a series
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of secret meetings in which he tried to
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pressure her into abandoning a war
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crimes investigation this is under the
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previous ICC prosecutor the new ICC
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prosecutor his name is Kareem Khan he's
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a British lawyer he came into office in
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2021 but previously the former ICC
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prosecutor Fatu B suda she initiated an
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investigation into Israel Over war
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crimes and crimes against humanity
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committed in the occupied Palestinian
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territories and in order to try to
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prevent her from doing that Israel
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threatened her and also back in 2020 the
Trump & Biden attack ICC
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Donald Trump Administration imposed
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sanctions on the ICC because it
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initiated an investigation into war
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crimes committed by US troops and NATO
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forces in Afghanistan so today the
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Democrats the Biden Administration are
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doing the exact same thing that Trump
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did that they criticized Trump for doing
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they're now threatening sanctions on the
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ICC as well and the hypocrisy has become
Hypocrisy of "rules-based order"
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so blatant so undeniable that even MSNBC
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which is basically a propaganda organ
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for the Democratic Party
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even MSNBC is now publicly criticizing
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Biden it published an article titled
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Biden claims to care about the
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rules-based order so why is he imputing
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the IC Biden's hostility to the IC
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reveals the hollow of his rhetoric about
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the international order at the NATO
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Summit back in
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20122 Joe Biden condemned Russia and he
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said that when Putin invaded Ukraine
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he was attacking the very tenants of the
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rules-based order and the United States
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and NATO are defending this so-called
10:38
rules-based order at the G20 Summit that
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same year Biden claimed the United
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States is working to preserve the
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rule-based system and international
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order and Secretary of State Anthony
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blinkin has said this dozens of times
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he's constantly talking about the rule
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of law and the rules based intern
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National order he has literally tweeted
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this phrase dozens of times just in the
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past few years in fact this rhetoric has
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become the main talking point that the
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US uses to condemn China we saw this in
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2021 when the US state department
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published this press release titled
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blinkin presses Beijing on violations of
11:23
rules-based order Secretary of State
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Anthony blinkin is defending the
11:27
rules-based international order order in
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the face of the People's Republic of
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China's Global threat to democratic
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values and human rights and blinkin said
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in a meeting in Alaska in March 2021 his
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first Major meeting with Chinese
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officials he said that the US government
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is working to strengthen the rules-based
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international order but now we can see
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how fake this narrative is it's
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completely absurd it doesn't exist the
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so-called rules-based International
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order is a system in which the US makes
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the rules and orders everyone else
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around and the US and its allies violate
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those rules whenever it's convenient to
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them they can carry out the worst crimes
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against humanity extermination of entire
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peoples in the name of the rules-based
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international order they can impose
12:19
sanctions on the ICC they can threaten
12:23
ICC prosecutors they can attack the
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international court of justice at the
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heg all in the name of the so-called
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rules-based order in which they make the
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rules this is bipartisan in US politics
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both Democrats and Republicans in fact
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the Republican speaker of the US House
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of Representatives Mike Johnson gave a
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speech in response to the IC charging
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Netanyahu with crimes against humanity
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and the US Speaker of the House an ally
12:52
of Donald Trump he said that the US does
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not recognize the icc's authority and
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that the US does not put any body above
13:00
us national law America should punish
US House Speaker Mike Johnson threatens ICC
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the IC and put Kareem Khan back in his
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place and if the IC is allowed to
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threaten Israel's leaders we know that
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America will be next there is a reason
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that we've never endorsed the
13:14
international criminal court because it
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is a direct affront to our own
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sovereignty we don't put any
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International body among among or above
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American sovereignty and and Israel does
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that doesn't do that either Congress is
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reviewing all of our options right now
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we have some very aggressive uh
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legislation that we're going to push as
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um as quickly as possible uh it will
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impose sanctions uh and if the ICC moves
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forward with its absurd warrant arrest
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or or request um this will uh this is
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going to be an even bigger International
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problem so the US is boasting that it's
US "rules-based order" vs. international law-based order
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