CJN: Anti-Israel advocacy groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
- Jul 17
- 1 min read
A U.S. advocacy group founded by slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and three co-plaintiffs sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, arguing that sanctions targeting cooperation with the International Criminal Court unlawfully restrict their work with the tribunal.
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"No one prosecuted these plaintiffs, fined them or sent them so much as a stern letter," Mark Goldfeder, director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS. "They silenced themselves and then sued over the silence." "The Supreme Court has a name for that, and it isn't injury. It's manufactured standing," he said. "Hell, one of the plaintiffs formed itself months after the sanctions issued, for the announced purpose of preparing the very filing it now says it's too frightened to file."
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