Mark Levin recently spoke with Jewish journalist Libby Alon to discuss the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“Let’s start with the most critical question. What do you think about the ICC decision to issue arrest warrants to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant?” Alon asked.
“The ICC has become an operation of the Marxist Islamists, the Jew-haters,” says Levin. “The idea that the Israeli people, that their representatives in the government, are committing acts of genocide and war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza is sickening; it's a blood libel.”
“The fact of the matter is Hamas is killing its own people; the fact of the matter is Iran is using Palestinians as fodder, and Israel and the Israelis are just trying to live their lives and not be bothered by all these people who apparently want to eviscerate and destroy them,” he adds.
“And how do you think the U.S. should act?” was Alon’s next question.
“My view is that we ought to pass a law that says, ‘Okay, now we have jurisdiction over the ICC, and we have jurisdiction over all the jurisdictions that the ICC claims.’ If they can do it unilaterally, why can't we?” Levin states.
Further, “when it comes to the U.N. and their funding and so forth, we define their sources of funding and do whatever we can to cut it off. 25% of the United Nations budget comes from the United States, and the American people are sick and tired of the U.N. Most Americans want the U.N. to get the hell out of our country,” he adds.
“Trump imposed sanctions on the ICC in 2020; the Biden administration removed these sanctions in 2021. Do you think there's any connection between the removal of these sanctions and the warrants that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Gallant are getting?” Alon then asked.
“100%,” Levin says. “Biden and Blinken could have put an end to this. They could have said, ‘No, we're going to reinstitute the Trump sanctions against the ICC.'”
“How do you think the signatory country to the treaty should act?” Alon posed.
“They should speak out against what's taking place,” says Levin, noting that due to the corrupt leftist governments of various European countries, this is highly unlikely.
Alon also asked how Netanyahu should react to the ICC’s decision and how the relationship between the U.S. and Israel will look now that Trump is returning to the White House.
To hear Levin’s answers, watch the clip above.
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The Muslim mayor of a Detroit suburb has promised to arrest two high-profile Israeli officials — should they ever make the unlikely decision to visit his city.
In 2021, Dearborn, Michigan, an Arab-majority city of over 100,000 residents, elected its first Muslim mayor: Abdullah Hammoud. Hammoud, a 34-year-old Democrat who previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives, has long been a sharp critic of Israel.
On Thursday, he stretched that criticism into a full-on threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, should they ever venture onto Dearborn soil.
"Dearborn will arrest Netanyahu & Gallant if they step within Dearborn city limits," Hammoud wrote on X. "Others cities should declare the same."
His post came just after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for the alleged "war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts" in Gaza between October 2023 and at least May 2024.
"This finding is based on the role of Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant in impeding humanitarian aid in violation of international humanitarian law and their failure to facilitate relief by all means at its [sic] disposal," the ICC said.
Following these allegations from the ICC, Hammoud claimed in his post that American "city leaders can ensure Netanyahu & other war criminals are not welcome to travel freely across these United States."
In his post, Hammoud also lamented that "our president may not take action" on the arrest warrants. However, it is unclear whether Hammoud was referring to the outgoing Biden administration, the upcoming second Trump administration, or both.
In 2021, before he was elected mayor, Hammoud called on Biden to demand a ceasefire in the ongoing hostilities in Gaza. Then earlier this month, he contravened other area Muslim leaders and refused to meet with Donald Trump in the days leading up to the 2024 election, though he also declined to endorse Kamala Harris.
'Local authorities do not have the legal authority to detain a global leader under such circumstances. Regardless, this scenario is implausible.'
On Thursday, the ICC announced it had issued the warrants after denying challenges from Israel regarding the institution's jurisdiction. According to WDIV, the ICC was established in 2002 to prosecute genocide and other war crimes when member countries refuse to or cannot do so themselves.
Neither Israel nor the United States is a member of the ICC.
Blaze News reached out the Dearborn Police Department to clarify whether its officers would follow through and arrest either Netanyahu or Gallant on the off chance they ever pay the city a visit. We did not receive a response.
With such general animosity against Israel in Dearborn, many see Hammoud's post as just an empty threat.
"Yeah I’m sure he’s coming to Dearborn," joked James Dickson, a Michigan journalist and the host of the "Enjoyer" podcast.
"Anyone recall when the Michigan Legislature granted mayors in this state police powers?" wrote Chad Livengood, politics editor at the Detroit News.
EJ Kimball, senior policy adviser at the U.S. Israel Education Association, made a similar suggestion, telling Blaze News in a statement:
The United States is not a party to the International Criminal Court, meaning there is no jurisdiction to enforce an ICC arrest warrant within the U.S.
Additionally, local authorities do not have the legal authority to detain a global leader under such circumstances. Regardless, this scenario is implausible, as Prime Minister Netanyahu would not travel to Dearborn or any similar jurisdiction.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan for filing applications for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
Khan has alleged that there are "reasonable grounds to believe" the two Israeli officials "bear criminal responsibility for ... war crimes and crimes against humanity."
'What a travesty of justice. What a disgrace.'
Khan is also seeking arrest warrants for several Hamas figures, alleging that there are "reasonable grounds to believe" those individuals "bear criminal responsibility for ... war crimes and crimes against humanity."
Israel has been striving to wipe out Hamas in response to the heinous October 7 attack last year when terrorists perpetrated slaughter, rapes, and kidnappings.
"Israel, like all States, has a right to take action to defend its population. That right, however, does not absolve Israel or any State of its obligation to comply with international humanitarian law. Notwithstanding any military goals they may have, the means Israel chose to achieve them in Gaza – namely, intentionally causing death, starvation, great suffering, and serious injury to body or health of the civilian population – are criminal," Khan said in a statement.
"The outrageous decision by the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to seek arrest warrants against the democratically elected leaders of Israel, is a moral outrage of historic proportions. It will cast an everlasting mark of shame on the International Court," Netanyahu declared. "Israel is waging a just war against Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization that perpetrated the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust."
He accused Khan of making a "false moral equivalence between the leaders of Israel and the henchman of Hamas. This is like creating a moral equivalence after September 11th between President Bush and Osama Bin Laden, or during World War II between FDR and Hitler. What a travesty of justice. What a disgrace," Netanyahu said.
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President Joe Biden also characterized Khan's move as "outrageous."
"The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security," Biden said in a statement.
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who has been an unabashed supporter of Israel's right to wage war in response to last year's attack, also criticized the ICC.
"Requesting arrest warrants for both Israel and Hamas leaders suggests there is a moral equivalence between them—there is none and it’s disgusting to suggest otherwise. The ICC's credibility is now in shambles and they have only themselves to thank," Fetterman declared in a tweet.
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Trump can demonstrate his commitment to our national sovereignty by attacking an institution that poses a direct threat to it: the International Criminal Court.
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