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Nobel Laureate Navi Pillay Criticizes Trump Sanctions, Predicts Netanyahu Trial
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay condemned U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court as illegal retaliation for her award and predicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will eventually stand trial at the ICC.
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What happened
- 01Nobel laureate Navi Pillay called U.S. sanctions on the ICC illegal and retaliatory.
- 02Pillay predicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will eventually stand trial at the ICC.
- 03The U.S. imposed unprecedented sanctions targeting the entire ICC institution.
- 04Pillay criticized U.S. hypocrisy regarding ICC actions against leaders.
- 05Israel's Foreign Ministry compared Pillay to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
- 06Pillay plans to use her Nobel prize money for social causes and education.
Pillay, who previously chaired a UN commission accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, criticized the U.S. for hypocrisy and found comparisons to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels deeply offensive. The U.S. administration, angered by the ICC's pursuit of Netanyahu, has imposed broad sanctions on the court. Pillay plans to use her prize money for social causes and education.
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