 So back in March the International Criminal Court announced that it'd be launching a probe into Israel over the occupation of the Palestinian territories as well as Potential war crimes now at the time US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States government is firmly opposed to this Investigation and says that the ICC doesn't have the jurisdiction to actually investigate Israel over what is being alleged So the question is seeing how biased the Israeli courts are against the Palestinian people I mean when they're being evicted from their homes Israeli courts approve it like the chance that they're winning is almost 0% so the question is if they're not able to Domestically advance their cause legally because the court system is biased against them and internationally the US government is against that too Then what exactly are Palestinians supposed to do like what avenue are they supposed to take to advance their case legally? This is a question that representative Ilhan Omar asked to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and as you're going to see his answer is Incoherent I know you oppose the courts investigation in both Palestine and in Afghanistan. I haven't seen any evidence in either cases that domestic courts can Both can and will prosecute alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity And I would emphasize that in Israel and Palestine This includes crimes committed by both the Israeli security forces than Hamas in Afghanistan It includes crimes committed by the Afghan national government and the Taliban So in both of these cases is if domestic courts can't or won't sue justice and we oppose the ICC Where do we think victims are supposed to go for justice and what justice mechanisms do you support for them? Thank you First let me just say at the outset that It is impossible not to be profoundly moved by Not just the the loss of life in the recent Violence and conflict But especially the children whose whose lives were lost and we we we all have it, you know a tendency to throw statistics and numbers out there, but We were talking about Boys and girls Israelis and Palestinians as well as men and women and I think none of us Whatever from whatever perspective we come Can can lose sight of that. So that's one thing that's that's very important. Look, I you know our views on On the ICC and its its jurisdiction we continue to believe that absent a security council referral or absent the request by the state itself That that's not appropriate. I continue To believe that whether it is the United States or Israel Both of us Have the have the means Mr. Secretary. I do understand that It's available to them I believe that we have whether it's the United States or Israel we both have the mechanisms to Make sure that there is accountability in in any situations where there are concerns about the use of force and Human rights Etc. I believe that both of our democracies have that Have that capacity and we've demonstrated it and Will need to continue to demonstrate it going forward That was an abysmal response. I'm sure that the Palestinian people are super relieved to hear that the answer To the alternative for the Israeli court system for them is just the Israeli court system Oh, what's that the Israeli court system isn't working for you. Well, just use the Israeli court system. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much for answering that for me I was really confused about what to do, but that really clarified it for me after me asking you What can I do because the Israeli court system isn't working for me because it's biased against Palestinians You say just use the Israeli court system idiot. Oh, well, why why didn't they think about it? Do the Palestinians know that it's that easy and Like him at the beginning of that answer Prefacing his non-answer by saying, oh, well, you know, it's so devastating to see the lives that are being lost Save it because as Israel is bombing Gaza one of the most densely populated areas on the planet You're giving them more bombs You're defending them. So save it. You don't care You're lying and if you do care then your actions indicate that you don't care In fact that you actually support what Israel was doing because I mean if you're giving a country That's committing war crimes more weapons What else are we supposed to take away from that? So I mean, this is a short video because I think that the video speaks for itself It's a great question from Ilhan Omar But this is an issue with the US government failing to recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC you see no President wants to join the ICC Bush was against it Clinton was against it Obama was against it Trump was against it Biden's against it now ask yourself Why do US presidents so vociferously oppose our government joining the ICC and recognizing Their jurisdiction Well, it's because in the event we actually joined the ICC how many US officials would be tried for war crimes Henry Kissinger Cheney Trump Bush Obama I mean By agreeing to join the ICC essentially presidents are In a way opening themselves up to investigations because many US presidents do very terrible things that I think are Clearly violations of international law and yes, they meet the criteria for war crimes crime the crimes against humanity So in the event they signed on to the ICC they're opening themselves up to a future investigation So this is why every single US president has opposed this because They want to be able to commit crimes and get away with it So it's just this is really frustrating But I'm glad that somebody asked the question because you can see how foolish a public official looks when they try to answer it There's no answer for this The answer is that he doesn't believe that Palestinians should have any avenue to pursue their cause legally speaking They're just supposed to shut up and take it. That's literally effectively what the US government is saying