On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration intends to announce closure of Washington office of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and threaten the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions for investigation against Israel, The Wall Street Journal newspaper informed, UNN reports.
The journalists of the edition familiarized themselves with draft statements of National Security Advisor John Bolton in this regard. They note that the United States “will always support” its “friend and ally - Israel”. Trump’s administration will not abandon representation (PLO) open, while the Palestinians refuse to start direct and significant negotiations with Israel’, according to statement.
According to the newspaper, Bolton will also threaten with imposing sanctions against ICC, if he conducts investigations against U.S. and Israel. “If the court prosecutes us, Israel or other allies, we will not stand aside”, the publication quotes Trump’s assistant.
According to Bolton’s draft statement, U.S., in particular, can ban ICC judges and prosecutors from entering U.S. “We will impose sanctions against their funds, which are within U.S. financial system, we will hold them liable under U.S. justice system”, as emphasized in the document, - We will do the same against any company or country, which contributes to ICC’s investigation against Americans”.
As UNN reported, FBI denies Trump’s statement on Clinton’s server hacking by Chinese company.
