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US to Continue Supporting Israel Under Next US Administration - Abbas' Adviser

08:52 GMT, 24 August 2024
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JAKARTA (Sputnik) - The United States will continue supporting Israel under both current and next US administrations and will not impose sanctions against the Jewish country, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' adviser on international relations and his special envoy, Riyad al-Maliki, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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The United States is committed to supporting Israel with weapons and financial assistance "regardless of what Israel really does in terms of freely crimes committed, in terms of violations of international law," the official also said.

"So if you ask me, you know, what's really the best way in order for Israel to stop its atrocities against the Palestinian people? I would say sanctions. Now, is that really feasible, you know, under the current situation where the US is shielding and sheltering Israel? Obviously not, because, you know, sanctions require a resolution from the United Nations Security Council under Item 7. And this is not really going to happen, you know, under the current US administration or the next," al-Maliki said.

The US presidential election will take place on November 5.
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Arrest Warrants Against Israeli Officials

Riyad al-Maliki also told Sputnik that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should issue arrest warrants against all Israeli officials involved in the alleged crimes against the Palestinian people committed since last October.
On May 20, ICC prosecutor Karim Khan filed arrest warrant requests for top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as for several senior Hamas officials.

"I do believe that each and every Israeli official, who has contributed to crimes being committed against the Palestinian people, being a judge, being a minister, being a parliamentarian, being a politician, being member of parliament, being, you know, military or belong to security apparatus or whatever, you know, all of them, they have contributed in their own ways to such crimes that were committed against the Palestinian people. So I'm not really sparing anyone. I believe that all of them are. All of them are responsible, and the ICC should really issue arrest warrants against all of them," al-Maliki said in an interview.

The envoy said that the ICC had documented such statements from Israeli officials who "dehumanized" the Palestinian people and could issue more arrest warrants, adding that such a scenario was unlikely, however.
"I believe that the ICC has been following, observing, you know, monitoring and documenting such statements coming from such Israeli officials. And I believe that they can always start with the first list, and then they could move to the second, third and continue until putting in prison all these Israeli officials who dared to dehumanize the Palestinians and calling for the death of the Palestinian people," al-Maliki added.
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In January, the ICJ ruled provisional measures ordering Israel to take urgent steps to prevent acts of genocide and ensure the flow of humanitarian aid to the enclave. At the same time, the ICJ did not order an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In early March, the African nation went back to the ICJ to call for additional provisional measures against Israel that would address widespread starvation among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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