How International Law Failed

Drawing in part on her own experiences, Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains the circumstances that led to the creation of institutions like the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose prosecutor last week requested arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defense minister along with the senior leaders of Hamas. This move, she argues, stems from the simple fact that the court “is not fit for purpose,” and not intended to judge the activities of democratic countries like Israel with functioning judiciaries. What is happening now, she explains, is “a concerted effort to weaponize the court to target the Jewish state,” which originated with the Palestinian Authority itself and enjoyed the eager collaboration of the previous prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda.