"On April 12, 2019, a pretrial chamber of the International Criminal Court rejected a request by the ICC prosecutor to proceed with an investigation of alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes by American military and intelligence professionals who served in Afghanistan.
On the same day, President Donald Trump welcomed this decision and stressed: 'Since the creation of the ICC, the United States has consistently declined to join the court, because of its broad, unaccountable prosecutorial powers; the threat it poses to American national sovereignty; and other deficiencies that render it illegitimate.'
He also added, regarding Israel: 'Any attempt to target American, Israeli or allied personnel for prosecution will be met with a swift and vigorous response.'...
While the recent decision by the ICC Pretrial Chamber is devoted to the issue of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, clearly the implications inherent in its decision to reject the prosecutor's request to open an investigation are no less relevant in the wider context of the functioning of the ICC in general, and in particular regarding Israel.
With a view to protecting the credibility, neutrality, the integrity and the noble aims of the International Criminal Court as set out in its Statute, the state members of the Court, as well as the Court itself cannot permit its manipulation and abuse by an irresponsible and misguided Palestinian leadership. They must do everything possible to prevent the Court's becoming one more Israel-bashing body. That was not the intention of its founding fathers."