"Nicolas Guillou cannot shop online. When he used Expedia to book a hotel in his own country, the reservation was cancelled within hours. He is blacklisted by much of the world's banking system, unable to use most bank cards. Guillou, you see, has been sanctioned by the United States, putting him on a 15,000-strong list alongside al-Qaida terrorists, drug cartels and Vladimir Putin."
"Why? Because alongside two other judges of the international criminal court pre-trial chamber I, he approved arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Deif, the former commander of Hamas's military wing. Guillou and his colleagues had actively engaged in the ICC's illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America or our close ally, Israel, the US claimed when imposing the sanctions in June."
Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC pre-trial chamber I, faces extensive personal and financial restrictions after being sanctioned by the United States. The sanctions place him on a 15,000-strong list that includes terrorists, drug cartels and Vladimir Putin, bar him from entering the US and restrict banking and online services. Guillou and two colleague judges approved arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif following a lengthy legal process. The US called the ICC actions illegitimate and baseless, arguing the court targets America and Israel. The ICC has jurisdiction over crimes on Palestinian territory because Palestine acceded a decade ago. The case focused on the use of starvation, which Israeli leaders routinely confessed to.
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