Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina openly threatened the closest allies of the United States with sanctions if they wanted to enforce the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
In an interview with Fox News, the respected Republican politician warned Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany by name not to try to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu or Yoáv Galant, whom the Hague-based ICC wants to hold accountable for war crimes committed in the Gaza war. together with the leaders of the extremist Palestinian organization Hamas. When asked how he would react if an allied country did take steps to arrest Binyamin Netanyahu, Lindsey Graham answered that he would submit a bill and destroy the economy of that allied country with sanctions. How why? Because according to Lindsey Garaham, the United States would be the next target. “We have to ruin their economy, because we would be next.” What would stop them from going after Donald Trump or any American president? he explained.
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Lindsey Graham belongs to the old guard of the Republican Party, before Donald Trump came on the scene, and along with the late Arizona senator John McCain, his opinion was considered authoritative on foreign policy issues. He spoke after Justin Trudeau is the Prime Minister of Canada he saidhis country would enforce the ICC’s international arrest warrant if Benjamin Netanyahu or Joáv Galant entered territory under Canadian control. The United States rejected the ICC’s decision, and the member states of the European Union were divided over the issuance of the international arrest warrant.
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Openly threatening the closest allies in the United States was not fashionable until recently. Donald Trump began in February 2024, when he announced that he would incite Russia to attack NATO member states that do not meet the requirement to spend a minimum of 2 percent of their GDP annually on defense spending.
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Source: nepszava.hu
