Building the border wall, inhumane and harsh immigration laws, attacking the First Amendment right of free speech, increasing law enforcement, and shipping arms to a country committing genocide and hiding it from congressional leaders, these are all actions of what sounds like a very conservative president but these are just some of the things that President Biden has done within his presidency. This is not a progressive leader but a conservative leader parading as someone who stands for change but is actually a deceitful oppressor and aspiring dictator.
Biden had repealed Trump’s visa ban and sanctions on ICC prosecutors when he took office, but his tune has changed drastically to the same tune as Trump’s. Both Trump and Biden cannot be held accountable and both have openly attacked the ICC when the court has challenged the US, even indirectly. How are these two leaders any different? These presidents retaliate if the US government could possibly face repercussions for the war crimes they have committed and have facilitated.
It’s extremely worrying to witness such rage from leaders over being questioned for their actions. That’s not acceptable from someone in elected office to attack an international organization that is respected and is in place to support and protect human rights. Again, part of the job of being in elected office is to be able to respond and explain your actions. It is important to have this dialogue and for citizens or leaders to question the rational behind actions. Those elected officials that rage against this crucial dialogue between those in office and constituents or other leaders, are the ones that should not be in office because it only about power and control to these elected officials. That is what we are seeing with Israeli leaders and many US leaders.
For congress and the president to cohesively work together so urgently and with such contempt for the ICC proposed warrants, it only proves that these leaders fear that they could also face charges. They thought their threats to the ICC would work, and it has for months now, but the pressure from protesters and the calls for a ceasefire from world leaders, has added the reassurance the ICC needed in order to charge Israel and the fallout from those charges.
The US government is worried, and it should be. Israel is actively invading Rafah right now. Biden had assured the world that he would not send arms to Israel if they attacked Rafah. Israel already has since Biden made this promise and he never equated Israel’s attacks to those of an invasion, but the IDF has surrounded the city and are about to lay siege to Rafah. Will Biden no longer send weapons to Israel as promised? If Biden does not allow arms shipments on one hand, but then on the other hand, will sanction ICC prosecutors?
The UN released a response to the US and Israel’s tirade after the ICC released the status of the forthcoming arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. OHCHR: Israel/Gaza: Threats against the ICC promote a culture of impunity, says UN experts . The UN is correct in their assessment. Maybe the UN needs to relocate headquarters out of NYC and choose another city because the US thinks that it owns the UN and all international organizations.
We have to vote these elected officials out of office. When you cannot ask your leader about their actions, they should not be a leader. When your leader purposefully ignores the voices of voters, they should not be a leader. When your leader tries to silence your voice, they should not be a leader. When your leader refuses to take responsibility and lies to remain in power, they should not be a leader. That is not a leader, that is an oppressor seeking greater power.
Palestinians have barely any aid entering Gaza and are starving. There are few functioning hospitals and some are being attacked. Israel is invading Rafah. What will make this end? The genocide will not stop until the world unites to hold Israel accountable and those who supported the genocide of innocent Palestinians.
From the river to the sea, may Palestine be free. May the whole world be free.
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Please extend your energy to other countries and people facing atrocities and genocide in Sudan, DRC, Haiti, West Papua, the Rohingyas, Armenians, and the Uyghurs.
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FT: Biden administration signals it will support push to hit ICC with sanctions
Al Jazeera: Israel’s war on Gaza live news: Full-scale Rafah invasion imminent