COURTS/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Monday [9-10-18] threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and said the PLO’s office in Washington would be closed for seeking to punish Israel through the court. ‘The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court,’ national security adviser John Bolton told the Federalist Society, a conservative group, in his first major address since joining President Donald Trump’s White House in April. The U.S. response could include sanctions against ICC judges should such prosecutions proceed, Bolton warned. He added that the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington was being ordered closed out of concern about Palestinian attempts to prompt an ICC investigation of Israel.”
–Reuters Staff, “Trump Administration Takes Aim at International Criminal Court, PLO,” The New York Times online, September 10, 2018