The President's Daily Brief
November 29th, 2024: Iran Leverages ICC Ruling on Israel & Crypto CEO Sued Over Hamas Terrorism Allegations
29 Nov 2024
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, and Iran takes advantage of the situation to push its own agenda. Victims of the October 7 Hamas attack file a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit in California against a major cryptocurrency CEO, accusing the platform of financing terrorism. The Biden administration urges Ukraine to bolster its military by drafting more troops and lowering the conscription age to 18. And in today’s Back of the Brief: Three Americans detained in China for years are released in a prisoner swap with Beijing. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Blackout Coffee: https://www.blackoutcoffee.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. Today, we'll start things off with the latest on the International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants against top Israeli officials and how Iran is seizing that moment to advance its own agenda. Hmm.
Later in the show, victims of the October 7th Hamas attacks filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit in California against a major cryptocurrency CEO, accusing the platform of funding Hamas terrorism. Plus, the Biden administration is pressing Ukraine to expand its military by drafting more troops and lowering the conscription age to 18.
And in today's Back of the Brief, three Americans detained in China for years now are free after a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. I want to begin with Iran and how Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime is attempting to use the International Criminal Court, the ICC, to isolate Israel on the global stage.
Now, as you're likely aware, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Jov Gallant on November 21st for alleged war crimes related to the conflict in Gaza. Earlier this week, Khamenei reacted to the court's ruling, demanding even more extreme measures. Oh, well, thank you for those demands.
I mean, considering that Khamenei and his minions in the IRGC claim that the destruction of Israel is their primary objective, I can see him thinking that arrest warrants really aren't extreme enough. Khamenei said, quote, they issued an arrest warrant. That's not enough. Well, there you go. It's not enough. Death sentences must be issued for these criminal leaders, end quote.
Seriously, get a load of this guy. He's this top state sponsor of terrorism in the world. And now he wants the ICC to help him do his dirty work.
Despite the court stopping short of granting Khamenei's wish, senior officials in Tehran have hailed the ruling as the, quote, political death of Israel, saying that the warrants create a, quote, legal storm that will severely undermine Israel's standing in the global community and limit Netanyahu's ability to move freely around the world.
Well, Iran's reaction should come, frankly, as little surprise. Hopefully nobody was surprised. It offers a glimpse into the regime's strategy to leverage international law against the Jewish state. Now, mind you, they were equally excited when U.S. activists and Gormla students in the U.S., were holding pro-Hamas and anti-Jewish protests on campuses earlier in the year.
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