US DOJ Rejects ICC Jurisdiction Over Americans

Ynet published at 23:23 IDT that the U.S. Justice Department told ICC President Tomoko Akane it rejects ICC jurisdiction over Americans. The DOJ release says Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche sent the letter, because Washington is not a Rome Statute party, and that the United States will not cooperate with ICC investigations, summonses or transfers. Reuters/Internazionale and SBS report the same core facts; a White House order provides the Israel context, saying the ICC lacks jurisdiction over the U.S. and Israel. The stance matters for Israel because lawfare against democratic self-defense must be answered by sovereign courts, allied pressure and lawful battlefield accountability.