'Textbook infringement': Palestine advocacy groups sue for immediate halt to Trump's ICC sanctions

'Textbook infringement': Palestine advocacy groups sue for immediate halt to Trump's ICC sanctions Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/15/2026 - 18:41 The executive order not only sanctioned the court's judges but also threatened anyone liaising with it US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands behind President Donald Trump as he speaks to the media at the end of his participation in the Nato leaders summit in Ankara, Turkey, on 8 July 2026 (Yves Herman/Reuters) Off Advocates for Palestinian rights in the US filed a lawsuit in a New York City federal court on Wednesday, seeking an injunction to stop the Trump administration's enforcement of sanctions against groups or individuals liaising with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn), founded by the late Middle East Eye columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (Taag), said they felt compelled to immediately go to court after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in an opinion piece earlier this week that the US is willing to dismantle the ICC "brick by brick". In the early weeks of his presidency, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14203 , granting US officials the power to impose sanctions on foreigners for supporting the ICC's investigations into US and Israeli nationals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.