Biden s early sanctions fall short of campaign promises to punish Putin and Saudi crown prince Joel Gehrke
President Biden’s tepid responses to Saudi Arabia’s murder of
Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the case of a Russian dissident have disappointed supporters while drawing praise from an unlikely quarter: Trump administration alumni.
Candidate Biden pledged to rescue the “soul” of America from a then-president who he claimed “cozies up to dictators” a rebuke that stemmed from former President Donald Trump’s frank indifference to human rights issues that threatened his priorities. Yet, Biden has not delivered the kinds of punishments that his supporters expected as his team confronts the same tension between American values and interests that beset his predecessor.
Inside the GOP Plan to Oppose Biden’s Iran Deal
Republicans work to block sanctions relief, police Biden’s push for a new nuke deal Getty Images Adam Kredo • March 2, 2021 5:35 pm
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Congressional Republicans are working on a range of measures to stop the Biden administration from reentering the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, an effort that includes a full-court press to block sanctions relief for Tehran until it fully dismantles its contested nuclear program, according to conversations with multiple GOP foreign policy leaders.
Republicans face an uphill battle given Democratic control of Congress and the Biden administration s ability to steer U.S. foreign policy during the next four years. But the opposition to full-scale sanctions relief on both sides of the aisle could force the administration to recalibrate its approach to diplomacy.
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Biden administration never considered MBS sanctions a viable option in response to Khashoggi report
The Biden administration never considered sanctions as a viable option against the powerful Saudi crown prince named as responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even though the new President promised to punish senior Saudi leaders during the election.
Administration officials tell CNN there was little debate or tension inside the White House last week in the leadup to the release of a long-awaited intelligence report into the brutal 2018 murder of Khashoggi and that the notion of sanctioning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, was never really on the table.
ICC opens war-crimes probe; Netanyahu blasts it as ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘hypocritical’
ICC opens war-crimes probe; Netanyahu blasts it as ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘hypocritical’
“The decision has no basis in law or precedent; rather, the ICC has become just another anti-Israel international organization,” Professor Eugene Kontorovich, director of International Law at the Jerusalem-based Kohelet Policy Forum, told JNS.
(March 3, 2021 / JNS) The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague announced on Wednesday her intention to open an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by Israelis and Palestinians since 2014.
The announcement was strongly denounced by Israel, but welcomed by the Palestinian Authority, which had requested the probe. It comes less than a month after the ICC ruled that it had jurisdiction to open an investigation.