The Western alliance is divided over Israel, after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, charging him with crimes against humanity in Gaza. The United States is threatening sanctions. Ben Norton discusses the severe political crisis in the "rules-based order".

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Topics

0:00 ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu

0:25 West divides over Israel

0:57 US politicians threaten allies

1:35 UN accuses Israel of g-cide

3:03 Israel is ethnically cleansing Gaza

3:41 ICC tries to save its reputation

4:36 ICC delayed arrest warrants for 6 months

5:01 US sent Israel $18 billion in military aid in 1 year

5:25 US pressure on ICC

6:20 (CLIP) US Senator Lindsey Graham warns: "We're next!"

6:44 Biden attacks ICC

7:27 The "rules-based international order"

7:55 Senator Tom Cotton wants to invade the Hague

8:25 Hague Invasion Act

9:27 Trump officials threaten ICC

10:07 Trump sanctioned ICC personnel

11:23 House of Representatives calls to sanction ICC

12:14 Australia, Canada, UK support ICC

13:54 Senator Lindsey Graham threatens US allies

14:31 (CLIP) Lindsey Graham calls to sanction US allies

14:53 US threatens Western allies

15:27 EU backs ICC arrest warrants

16:32 France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland back ICC

16:51 UN vote on Israel-Palestine

17:33 Viktor Orbán's Hungary supports Israel, attacks ICC

18:24 Javier Milei's Argentina backs Netanyahu

19:17 Germany refuses to honor ICC warrant

19:48 West is split on Israel

20:49 Outro