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Palestinian father attacked at son’s grave, one year after Israeli settlers murdered him
On 11 July 2025, Israeli occupation settlers brutally murdered Sayfullah “Saif” Musallet – a 23 year old Palestinian- American, and his friend, 23 year old Mohammed al-Shalabi, in al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, near Sinjil in the occupied West Bank. Now, a year later, the father of Saif – Kamel Musallet – has been attacked by Israeli settlers when attempting to visit his son’s grave.
A group of journalists accompanying Kamel were also attacked by the unaccountable settlers.
Israeli settler attacks
Several months before the summer of 2025 Israeli settlers set up an outpost amongst Palestinian olive groves in the occupied West Bank. They began to prevent residents from accessing this stolen land. On 11 July 2025, these settlers beat Saif Musallet unconscious, left him for dead, and shot al-Shalabi in the chest. These illegal colonists then blocked the entry of emergency services for over three hours, resulting in the deaths of these two men. 58 Palestinians were also injured due to the violence.
A year after these two Palestinians were viciously attacked and murdered, Kamel Musallet wanted to visit the place where his son took his last breath, to pay tribute to him.
Journalist and human rights activist Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, better known as Andrey X, was among the group of independent journalists and CNN crew who accompanied him. Talking about the Palestinian land the settlers stole in 2025, he told the Canary:
The land has now been completely taken over by the settlers. According to the Oslo Accords, it is in Area A which should be solely controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Under Israeli military law, settlers are not allowed to enter here, but they have. And they have also taken over Palestinian farm houses. They now literally live in the homes of Palestinians from al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya.
The mayor of Sinjil briefed the group on safety and security before they left. He explained there are two known armed settlers in the area – one with an M16 and another with a pistol. He told the group he was concerned they may be targeted and attacked. This is because the settler with the M16 is known for shooting from a distance at anyone who enters the area.
Settlers armed with knives, rocks, and sticks
The group drove to the location where Saif Musallet was murdered to allow his grief-stricken father to spend some time there. But things took a turn for the worst. As Kamel Musallet and the journalists returned to their two cars, they noticed settlers had blocked their only way out of the area. From their outpost they must have seen the group enter the area. They immediately dispatched one car, then another. More settlers joined, and began to launch an attack.
Andrey X told the Canary:
There were several settlers who really looked like children, who were weilding sticks and held large rocks, ready to throw. They told us to stop the cars. At the beginning, we stopped. But one of the settlers started cutting the tyres of the CNN crew car {which was bullet proof} that was in front of us. At that point we decided to keep the cars moving. Then the settlers switched their attention to our car. They jumped on the hood of it, smashed our windshield with a stick, and started throwing rocks at us. We managed to speed away, but they pursued us. They then called another vehicle and group of settlers who blocked us off further down the road.
Yesterday I was ambushed and attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, together with the CNN and independent journalists. Here is how it happened: pic.twitter.com/eA9FwNv8e6
— Andrey X (@the_andrey_x) July 12, 2026
Impunity
Luckily the group managed to break through the blockade, although not before the settlers attacked their vehicles once more. When the group made it to the town of Sinjil, there was then a stand off between the two sides, and the settlers began filming using a drone. Among the settlers stood a person dressed in full army uniform, carrying an assault rifle. But there were no military vehicles arriving at that point, and he seemed to appear from nowhere. It was likely that one of the settlers who attacked them had a uniform in his car.
Andrey X described:
Then the army arrived. They were very aggressive and told us we were not allowed to film, which was blatantly untrue.
But once they realised journalists were present, another group of Israeli occupation soldiers turned up, with their commander:
He was much friendlier, and said it was horrible what had happened to us, and he would pursue it. They did, in fact, arrest four of the settlers. But the only reason this happened is because there was a CNN crew involved, and it would be bad PR for Israel.
There has been no justice for the families of al-Shalabi and Musallet. Nor for others whose loved ones have been murdered by the occupation. Their killers remain free to continue terrorising and displacing Palestinian communities. In many cases, Palestinians know many of the local violent settlers who harass, intimidate, attack, and kill, by name. But as the Israeli occupation government, police, military, settlers, and justice system are all part of the same apartheid colonial project, there is no hope of justice or accountability.
Israeli settlers get away with murder
Andrey X realises luck was on their side. Had the settlers been armed, the situation would have ended very differently. He told me:
Luckily for us the settlers weren’t armed. Of course, we were scared for our lives. These are very, very dangerous people, who kill with complete impunity. They can do anything they want in the West Bank, there is no accountability. For Saif’s family, any hope for justice is very tenuous, as long as the regime that resulted in his murder is still standing.
Israeli human rights organisation Yesh Din says the occupation has enabled violence against Palestinians by equipping thousands of settlers with military firearms and uniforms. It claims settlers wear these uniforms to appear as though they belong to the military. They can then abuse the power that comes with these uniforms to commit offenses against Palestinians.
While enabling the violence, occupation authorities fail to hold perpetrators accountable. Complaints are routinely dismissed. The Military Advocate General’s Corps claims the incidents fall outside its jurisdiction because they are not part of military operations. While the Israel occupation police often close cases or argues it lacks jurisdiction because the perpetrators were in military uniform.
US has duty to protect US citizens and secure accountability for deaths
Many Palestinian Americans live in, or regularly travel to, the West Bank. Some were born in the US while others later became U.S. citizens and returned. In some villages, such as Turmus Ayya, Sinjil, and Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, more than 80 percent of residents hold dual US citizenship. But they have received no help or protection from the US government, unlike American citizens in other countries.
Double standards are involved in the protection of Americans abroad. Its strong support for the Israeli occupation has taken precedence over seeking justice for its own citizens in the occupied territory. Where “Israel” is involved, there is little or no hope of credible, independent investigations, or any accountability. This is true even if the occupation has killed or injured US citizens in Palestine.
Saif Musallet was one of nine US citizens to be murdered in the West Bank by the Israeli occupation, since January 2022. US Senators have claimed that in each of these killings:
No one has yet been held accountable by the Netanyahu government, nor has the US government upheld its duty to protect Americans and secure justice and accountability for their deaths.
They say there is “a consistent pattern,” of Americans being killed in the West Bank by the occupation without justice or accountability, despite promises from US officials.
The latest events have only added to questions about the US response. Andrey X tells me:
It’s a funny coincidence that this all came at the same time as senator Ro Khanna’s visit to the West Bank, and the attack on an American CNN crew, which was covering the murder of two American citizens a year ago. It’s a very American story.
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Showing that political fundraising doesn’t have to be all fancy dinners and shady crypto-related windfalls, the Green Party is instead heading for the dancefloor.
Green Space is taking its “party with purpose” model to Bristol this month, as the community and culture project builds what organisers describe as a repeatable, transparent and people-powered fundraising model for Green politics.
The Bristol event, taking place at Sawmills on Sunday 26 July 2026, will be the fourth Green Space party in the series, following two events in London and one in Leeds.
Putting the party into Green Party
Together, the first three events have raised around £37,000 for campaigning:
- Approximately £13,000 for London Greens at Heaven.
- £17,000 for Leeds Green Party.
- £7,000 for the national Green Party of England and Wales at The Cause in London.
The Bristol edition marks the next stage in proving the model can be built out beyond one-off city events, with locally rooted events raising money for local Green Parties while also supporting the wider national movement across the country.
The format offers a sharp contrast to traditional political fundraising, which is often a world of private dinners, big donors and closed-door access. Green Space events are publicly ticketed, culturally led and help people connect to politics through music, community and joy rather than formal party meetings or high-cost donor events.
The Bristol party will raise money for Bristol Green Party, with tickets accessibly priced at £10 – £15. Confirmed speakers include Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and climate justice activist Dominique “Domi” Palmer, with more speakers to be announced.
The event will also feature a large DJ line-up spanning drum and bass, jungle, techno, hardcore, and bass – sounds long associated with Bristol’s pioneering music scene.
Confirmed DJ line-up:
- Anna Prank b2b Junction 17.
- Amen4Tekno.
- Euphonique.
- DJ Hybrid.
- DJ Gurl Power.
- El-Ze b2b Josie Bee.
- Gucci Libre.
- Hardcore Energy.
- Hypershé b2b Mousai.
- IffyHype.
- Origin8a & Propa b2b Buckfast Boys Club.
- REVRT.
- Tommy Leng (My Nu Leng).
- Visla.
- Lobsta B.
- Daunder.
- Das Ist Vas x Engineer.
More artists TBA.
Polanski said:
Politics shouldn’t be funded in private rooms – and only by people who can afford expensive dinners. What Green Space is showing is that there is another way that is open, transparent, joyful and rooted in community.
These events are more than just about raising money – they are changing who politics feels like it belongs to. A ticket to a day party should never be dismissed as less serious than a private donor dinner.
In many ways, it is more democratic. It brings people together. It is transparent about what it is raising money for. And it gives people a way into politics that feels alive rather than alienating.
It’s great to see events supporting local Green Parties and helping build a national movement powered by people, culture and hope.
Niall Moore, co-founder of Green Space, said:
Bristol is the beating heart of what we’re trying to build. This is a city with deep roots in club culture, climate justice, community organising and Green politics. It represents the spirit and the sound of the movement we are building.
Whilst this event is about raising money for the local Bristol Green Party, it’s also about making politics feel social, creative and open again. We want people to leave Sawmills feeling like they’ve been part of something joyful, local and politically meaningful.
British politics is being pulled apart by hate and division. We’re putting it back together with love and community.
Green Space aims to widen political participation by reaching people who may care about issues ranging from climate, housing, inequality and public services, but may feel alienated by traditional routes into politics.
Organisers hope the Bristol edition will show how the model can be adapted city by city, connecting national politics with local music scenes, venues and communities.
Profit from ticket sales goes directly to the Bristol Green Parties. You can get tickets to the event here (£10 / £15).
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By The Canary
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has claimed that the cast and crew of The Odyssey had “been through it” when the decision was made to stop filming ahead of schedule.
Earlier this week, the Oscar winner paid a visit to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, where host Jon Stewart asked if it was true that the film was completed “ahead of schedule” and “under budget”.
“Yes,” the filmmaker confirmed, pointing out that this “never happens” in Hollywood. “The reality is, we [scheduled for] 100 days. And by day 91, we couldn’t have taken another step. So we finished.”
“We finished at the right time,” he claimed, pointing out that “everybody was done”.
“I mean, people were just exhausted,” Nolan continued. “They’d been through it. So, it took the right time to make the film. We had enough time to make it.”
Nolan has made no secret of the fact that The Odyssey made for an especially tough shoot, elaborating further on this during a new interview with The Telegraph in which he complimented the crew for being so “game for it”.
Meanwhile, cast members Matt Damon and Robert Pattinson have both shared their experiences of their gruelling time on set.
Last month, Matt told GQ: “The joke on the crew was we didn’t have a single easy location. Every time we’d go somewhere, we’d be like, ‘Well, Iceland will be easier’. And then it’s raining sideways and it’s fucking freezing. Iceland was like, ‘Yeah, easy? Hey, hold my beer’.”
He also admitted that even when the shoot moved from perilous locations to a soundstage in Los Angeles, this came with its own problems.
“Sure enough, we showed up [to the set in LA] and Chris has two jet engines blowing so much water at us,” he explained. “So it was kind of a fitting end. Even the controlled environment was cold, wet, and a little bit miserable.”
Robert then agreed that he had “never seen people look so exhausted” before beginning his work on The Odyssey.
The Odyssey will be released in cinemas worldwide on Friday 17 July.
Reform and its backers are on something of a tear right now. With the scandals mounting, they’re doing everything they can to deflect and distract. And it seems ‘everything they can’ includes literally calling the police:
Retweeted by Isabel Oakeshott.
Very obvious that if Reform come to power, they will lock people up for criticising them. pic.twitter.com/6Vtf4f5HYq
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) July 13, 2026
The relevance of Isabel Oakeshott is that she’s the partner of Reform deputy Richard Tice. She’s also a self-proclaimed free speech warrior. And that’s not surprising, of course, because she’s far from the first such person to call for the oppression of speech they don’t like.
At risk
As we reported, Reform politicians are doing everything they can to convince the public that Nigel Farage’s life is being put at risk. It’s not being put at risk because his rivals are stirring up violence, though (something Farage himself stands accused of); it’s being put at risk because journalists are applying scrutiny to the man’s many ongoing scandals.
Now, Reform’s backers have gone full Karen by literally calling the police. As you can see above, an account has referred Dan Hodges of the Daily Mail to the police. According to them, scrutinising the far-right Farage qualifies as “harassment” that could “incite others against him and the party”.
Here are some of tweets that the boys in blue may soon be scrolling over:
Think it's worth repeating. Zia Yusuf claimed no state support was being offered to Reform MPs for protection. In reality, Nigel Farage was offered a car, a trained driver, a bodyguard, and security on a similar level to that offered Kemi Badenoch. That's quite the deception.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) July 14, 2026
But Hodges isn’t backing down:
"Your party has been spewing reckless hate for Reform. Starmer said Reform are not fit to be in government". So saying Reform are not fit to form a government now represents "reckless hate". As I said, this is all part of a coordinated effort to prevent legitimate scrutiny. https://t.co/5ekoOZph3s
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) July 14, 2026
Oh, that. No, you guys are deliberately trying to deflect from the £5m donation. That's self-evident. I'm not going to be apologising for that. I'm going to keep repeating it. https://t.co/dQQrfiy364
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) July 14, 2026
If you’re unfamiliar with Hodges, he’s someone who pisses everyone off (for us, his atrocious takes on Palestine). We’ve never called for his arrest, though, and we’re part of the ‘censorious left’, apparently! Reform UK, meanwhile, sells itself as a bastion of free speech.
Here’s what Tice said about us last month in response to an article from 2020:
Is this you Canary? — Richard Tice MP
Do you now accept cancel culture exists?
Would you like some help from us who are Right?
Even though you have been utterly foul to us ? https://t.co/bIVrULwQwk
(@TiceRichard) June 30, 2026
He’s lucky we didn’t call the police on him, honestly; apparently you can do that when your feelings get hurt now.
The article above did draw a distinction between actual oppression (e.g. the state arresting a journalist for doing their job) and irrelevant oppression (e.g. people calling you names online). So it’s not like we ever denied the existence of authoritarianism. We know it exists, and we know we’re looking at would-be authoritarians in Reform UK.
Inscrutable
Needless to say, all politicians face scrutiny. The billionaire-funded Reform is facing a lot of scrutiny right now, and the signs are that it’s eroding the party’s support. In response, Reform and Reform-linked journalists are lashing out.
Farage and the far-right may not like the heat directed at them, but they’ve had no problem directing it at others. On 13 July, we covered that Reform’s Zia Yusuf was complaining about the criticism his party faces. As Willem Moore noted:
If you’re going to label people ‘traitors’ — as Zia Yusuf has — then people are going to get angry. If you’re going to claim successive governments have overseen an ‘invasion’ — as he has — then tensions are going to rise.
Politicians who stoke fear and division think they can ride the wave, but hatred is more like a fire than a sea. And people who play with fire get burned.
As Owen Jones said, it seems clear that Reform and its politicians will pursue authoritarian politics should they take power. This is despite their insistence that they will defend free speech; an example of that being the following response from Reform’s Matt Goodwin to Jones:
Unlikely given Reform is the only party completely committed to the restoration of free speech. What some of your Green party colleagues would do to you if the Islamo-Greens ever come to power is a far more interesting question, Owen.
The ‘Islamo-Greens’, he says, because he’s a racist, little gobsh*te.
People in turn replied to Goodwin:
“committed to the restoration of free speech.”
Hmmm …
pic.twitter.com/xZpa0FwqlI
— M4rty
(@M4rtyman) July 13, 2026
Jones responded too, noting:
Bollocks.
Reform is committed to banning protests against Israel's genocide.
Why?
Because Reform claims they are "inciting hate and violence". They will use this smear to shut down other protests and arrest dissidents. https://t.co/ECN6AB6jNQ
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) July 13, 2026
‘Free speech for me but not for thee‘ as they say.
Reform UK’s authoritarian streak
Reform is a party run by would-be fascists, so none of this surprises us. The casual calls for arrests should come as a stark warning to the British people, though; especially the ones who care about their democratic rights and freedoms.
Oh, and before we go, we should note that Oakeshott lives in Dubai — a country where modern slavery is rife, as well as restrictions on free speech. The alleged human trafficker Tristan Tate spends a lot of time in Dubai too, and Richard Tice was reposting him just the other day. Again, this is no surprise, because these people don’t believe in anything besides money and getting their own way. And if they need to use state violence to guarantee their rights to either, they will do.
Featured image via the Canary
By Willem Moore
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The observant among you may have noticed that the mainstream media have recently rounded on Reform UK and Nigel Farage. Interestingly, the outlets ganging up on Reform include the Daily Mail and Rupert Murdoch’s the Times:
Pleased as I am to see the Murdoch and Rothermere press attacking Farage as stridently as they previously lavished praise on him, I can't help wondering what has brought on the recent U-turn
— David__Osland (@David__Osland) July 13, 2026
Reform: right-on-right violence
The broader strokes of what these outlets are reporting on are things independent journalists began covering years ago. The Times and others have certainly unveiled new information, but said information could have come out years ago had the will been there. As such, it’s understandable people are asking ‘why now?‘
The Times have broken a series of stories on Farage and Reform’s financial matters in recent months. With each new story comes fresh scrutiny for Reform, and with further scrutiny comes panic. As a result, Reform is looking less and less like the next party of government and more and more like the defendants in an upcoming legal proceeding.
Among those questioning the reality we find ourselves in is author of The Fraud Paul Holden, who said:
This is fascinating to watch. I’m not sure I understand the more subtle dynamics at play on the British right, but it does seem like Farage and Reform and the Murdoch press are openly at war.
It might be at least partially reactive, but it does also seem that Farage, Tice etc. have decided that they can win power without the Murdoch press: that a combination of social media and the support of the Paul Marshall stable (GB News/Spectator) is enough to get them over the line.
From the outside it looks like the clash of two fractions of the right-wing power structure and eco-system, similar to how Trump faced down (and then subdued) the Fox News/Republican eco-system, and how it is resolved will have massive implications for the viability of Reform and the make-up of the next government.
My strong hunch is that it’s not going to go well for Reform!
Holden was responding to the following tweet from Reform deputy Richard Tice:
The Times Group:
You are sick
Your contempt bordering on hatred of Nigel, myself & Reform means you stoop to any low to smear & discredit us. You lie, libel and make things up.
How many more Reform politicians do you want dead?
Shame on you https://t.co/LnCCZ4YEqi — Richard Tice MP
(@TiceRichard) July 13, 2026
As one commenter noted, Tice is making the above argument while simultaneously using the sort of language he’s complaining about being used against him:
In March 2026, Richard Tice said: “Starmer and Labour… are traitors to Britain.”
Tice knows better than most that being called a “traitor” carries severe social, psychological, and sometimes violent or even fatal consequences. Just hours after Nigel Farage launched the… https://t.co/bBJYZZTnFH pic.twitter.com/KSq709XdmW
— GET A GRIP (@docrussjackson) July 13, 2026
The Daily Mail
It’s not just the Times who are giving Reform UK a hard time; the Daily Mail is also putting the boot in:
Nigel has lost the daily mail. pic.twitter.com/MqIUI4gNxf
— Daniel Lismore (@daniellismore) July 12, 2026
This is despite a big recent donation from the establishment family behind this vilest of vile rags:
Only last year, the wife of Mail on Sunday owner Lord Rothermere donated £50,000 to Reform UK. I'm sure Nigel Farage can live with a bit of criticism from Dan Hodges, although that is not a lot of money by his standards.
— David__Osland (@David__Osland) July 13, 2026
End of the line
Providing a theory on the turn against Farage, the popular commentator known as the Flying Rodent said:
Times is bored of playing with Farage now, and it’s telling him to get back in his box pic.twitter.com/XpFmugEEYp
— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) July 13, 2026
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving person of course, but it really is an abysmal way to manage national affairs: having the worst people in the country build up and tear down all kinds of very unpleasant right wing frauds, out of pure self-interest and expediency.
— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) July 13, 2026
Clearly, Farage has failed to win the confidence of the billionaires who own the ‘free’ British press. As such, maybe it’s time that the right acknowledge what we did years ago; that for democracy to exist, we can’t have the majority of the media owned by a handful of major c*nts.
Featured image via the Canary
By Willem Moore
MPs gathered on the banks of the Thames on 13 July, calling for Thames Water to go into special administration.
They’re among the 112 MPs who have signed an open letter to the environment secretary and Ofwat. It calls for Thames Water to be placed into special administration without delay.
The company, which has a debt pile of nearly £20bn, is on the brink of collapse. Since June 2025, Thames Water’s creditors, a group of US hedge funds, have been negotiating with Ofwat to formally take over the utility.
As part of the proposed deal, the creditors want to waive fines until 2030. And they want to suspend or ‘significantly modify’ pollution and performance targets. The creditors also want to raise bills for households beyond the level currently set by Ofwat.
Thames Water deal is unfair
Last month, environment secretary Emma Reynolds wrote to Ofwat objecting to the current terms of the deal. She stated that it poses unfair costs to consumers. But the water regulator itself has yet to reject the deal.
This comes as the utility approaches the 16 July deadline for submitting its financial results. If the deal doesn’t happen, Thames Water’s precarious finances might trigger a ‘going concern’ warning from the auditor. This could place the utility in special administration.
Prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has previously said that Thames Water ‘should’ be nationalised. And he has put forward a potential 10-year plan for public ownership of the water industry.
53 Liberal Democrats have signed the open letter, along with 46 Labour MPs, six independents (at the time of signing), all five Greens and one MP each from Plaid Cymru and the Conservative Party.
It argues that allowing Thames Water, which was responsible for a third of the worst pollution incidents in 2025, to set its own rules would create a dangerous precedent for all of England’s privatised water companies.
It also argues that special administration will allow the government to write off a greater proportion of Thames Water’s debts. And this would secure a better deal for the public purse.
Sophie Conquest, lead campaigner at We Own It, said:
Right now, this government and Ofwat are at a crossroads. They can choose to line the pockets of US hedge funds with our money. Or, they can put households and the environment first.
This is a decision which will affect every single household in England. Signing off on this deal would be to sign off on a whole new low in standards across the water sector.
That’s why 109 MPs, from across the country and from across political parties, have added their names to the open letter calling for special administration.
The environment secretary’s objection to the creditors’ proposal on the grounds of its unfairness for consumers is absolutely right.
The next logical step is to put Thames Water out of its misery, and place it in special administration, where we can slash the debts, and put households and the environment first.
Andy Burnham has promised to secure greater public control of life’s essentials. There is no clearer test of whether he will keep that promise than what happens next to Thames Water.
Featured image via We Own It
By The Canary
TV personality Will Best has become the sixth star revealed to have signed up for Strictly Come Dancing this year.
Will is best known for fronting ITV’s current revival of Big Brother, as well as presenting Hits Radio’s breakfast show.
On Tuesday afternoon he confirmed: “I can’t quite believe it… I’m doing Strictly! What an absolute dream. Albeit a pretty terrifying one.”
“I’ve been lucky to do lots of live telly before, but absolutely nothing like this,” Will enthused. “And I cannot wait!”
He added: “I have no idea if I can actually dance, but bring on the sequins, bring on the quicksteps, bring on the dance floor! I’m going to try to enjoy every minute of it.”
More celebrities on the Strictly 2026 line-up are due to be announced in the coming weeks.
Marco Rubio is waging an all-out war against the International Criminal Court (ICC), threatening that the body will learn ‘the full meaning of American resolve‘:
The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty.
We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve. pic.twitter.com/2egHK1jA98
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 13, 2026
ICC under threat
CNN reported that the opinion piece by Rubio – which is hilariously behind a paywall – says that the US will:
use all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC—brick by brick, if necessary.
In his opinion piece, Rubio accused the ICC of being:
backed and run by a powerful network of leftist nongovernment organizations, smug globalists, and hostile Third World governments united by their enmity toward the U.S.
Rubio claimed that the court threatens US sovereignty through its ability to prosecute American soldiers and officials.
Those tools include possible travel bans, visa revocations, and increased sanctions, a State Department official told CNN.
Rubio continued:
We will watch with interest which nations join ranks with us against this threat to Americans who are willing to risk their lives to protect others.
Hague Invasion Act not a joke anymore
Meanwhile, the director of Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN), Raed Jarrar told TRT World that
Bush’s ‘Hague Invasion Act’ is not a joke anymore.
Jarrar noted that what was once dismissed as a joke in Washington is now being taken seriously under the Trump administration. And, Jarrar made it clear that he considered Rubio’s threats against the ICC as a signal of a dangerous escalation that makes the unthinkable seem all too real.
Further, Jarrar warned that the administration’s hostility toward international law has reached unprecedented levels, adding that the U.S. is using sanctions, threats, and pressure campaigns to go after the court.
The law in question, officially known as the American Service-Members’ Protection Act, was signed by George W. Bush in 2001 and authorises the U.S. president to protect American military forces against criminal prosecution from the ICC.
Of course, Jarrar also noted that the U.S. could itself face ICC prosecution for aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza, as well as for obstruction of justice under Article 70 of the Rome Statute.
Jarrar said:
The United States can and should be prosecuted by the ICC under two paths. … The United States aiding and abetting Israeli genocide in Gaza counts as a path. … The other track is Article 70 which actually gives the ICC jurisdiction to prosecute officials in countries even those countries who are not members of the Rome Statute in case they are engaged in acts of obstruction and threatening of the court itself. And that is exactly what this administration is doing.
ICC upheld by vassal states
Last month, three ICC judges sued Trump and his administration over sanctions imposed on them last year, arguing the measures were unlawful.
However, the court has taken no steps to investigate U.S. personnel in recent years, Reuters reported.
In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an investigation in Afghanistan that included looking into possible crimes by U.S. troops, but since 2021 it has deprioritized the role of the U.S. and focused on alleged crimes committed by the Afghan government and Taliban forces.
The UK is a founding member of the ICC, but as a vassal state of the US, it will likely just fall in line with whatever Rubio has planned.
Featured image via the Canary
Karim Khan
In fact, the UK is not so different than the USA.
The Middle East Eye revealed that former Prime Minister David Cameron privately threatened Karim Khan, the British chief prosecutor at the ICC, in April 2024, to defund and withdraw from the ICC if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
Khan, who sought arrest warrants for Israeli officials over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, lost an appeal on Tuesday to have his interim suspension lifted by the Bar Standards Board, which regulates British court lawyers.
The New Arab said:
His supporters have suggested that he has become a political target for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli officials over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Let’s never hear the “rules-based order” shit from our leaders who are actively dismantling it again.
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