Thinking, with nick robinson. Should israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should his Defence Minister, yoav gallant, face a Trialfor War crimes . That is what my guest on political thinking this week is arguing. He is the prosecutor, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Hes a british lawyer, whos trying also to bring the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, to that court a court thats been derided, condemned for having no real teeth. And its notjust the two sides in the Gaza Conflict who hes targeting. Hes also said that President Putin of russia should Face Trial for war crimes. Karim khan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you for having me. Now, on the 24th Of May this year, you stood in front of a camera and you announced that you would be applying for Arrest Warrants at the International Criminal Court, for crimes committed during the ongoing conflict in gaza. Did you have any idea of the row that would follow . Well, i knew it was a powerful moment. I kne
Blinken is going to be his secretary of state in january. Of course i know tony blinken, i also know very well sullivan, who is going to be the National Security advisor because i work with someone i was in the government, theyre both very, very sensible, knowledgeable people with a great deal of international experience. So i think its a, its a very good side. Tony monken always, they supported wars in syria, libya, afghanistan, and iraq. Did you send this book . Because i dont know if this isnt a policy recommendation book about afghanistan, i dont know what it is. We sent this to move might bump a 0 and tony blinken. Oh i havent. I havent sent the book to either of them, but attorney blinken is quite familiar with my views and even more familiar with my views is jake solvent because he was working directly for secretary of state Hillary Clinton, when i was in the state department and we worked together on this quite a bit. So they, they know very well that i was a strong advocate of
I think what biden has said is just a repetition of long term or long time u. S. Policy about wanting to have a counterterrorism presence in afghanistan. But once he examines the current situation, he will see that there is a choice between maintaining the agreement with the taleban and keeping those troops there. So i think when he realised when you evaluates everything, if there is reasonable progress in the negotiations and support for it from the regional countries including russia, then im sure that he will go ahead with a troop withdrawal. I would assume that he will advocate the same thing and 2020 that he did in 2000 because he did support the original war famously. Joe joe biden. Well, they have been rocket attacks scores injured or dead in kabul in just the past few days. A horrific inquiry in australia of showing the torture and killing by australias Defense Forces of farmers and prisoners and civilians. Yes, we just, i know the book starts with the ancient afghanistan. Remi
I dont know what it is. We sent this to move might bump a 0 and tony blinken. Oh i havent. I havent sent the book to either of them, but attorney blinken is quite familiar with my views and even more familiar with my views is jake solvent because he was working directly for secretary of state Hillary Clinton, when i was in the state department and we worked together on this quite a bit. So they, they know very well that i was a strong advocate of a political settlement to the u. S. Troop withdrawal from the very beginning. For me, there of course, doesnt mean i agree with you, expect a job in the new administration is not up to me waiting to hear if anyone is interested in my doing it. Because when you say then the you want a withdrawal, perhaps a phased withdrawal, even joe biden, very quick to say that trump has been wrong to withdraw troops from afghanistan, and that joe biden cited the erroneous reports apparently of russian bounties. On a u. S. Troops heads, thats very different t
A symbolic vote asking people if they want president Nicolas Maduro out. Awaiting for justice 25 years on victims of the bosnian war struggle to find closure they fight for their day in court. So the u. S. Is gearing up for a massive coronavirus Vaccination Program with the 1st shots to be administered as early as monday over the next 24 hours trucks loaded with the phase of biotech jobs will head to nearly 150. 00 Centers Across the country it will be one of the largest inoculation campaigns in American History that is after the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention voted to recommend the vaccine for people older than 16 the food and Drug Administration authorized it for emergency use nearly 300000 people have died from covert 1000 and the worlds worst affected nation and in the last 4 days almost a 1000000 new cases were confirmed pushing the total past 16000000 to 100 reports now from washington d. C. In the nation most devastated by the Global Pandemic the 1st doses of t