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US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions
['The New Arab Staff']
The New Arab
The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes, news agency Reuters reported.
Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on several prosecutors and judges at the court, but naming the court itself in the sanctions list would be a major escalation.
A source said court officials had already held emergency internal meetings to discuss the impact of potential blanket sanctions.
Two other sources said meetings had also been held of court member state diplomats.
Israel and the United States reject this.
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