The U.S.'s use of torture in the so-called "war on terror" wasn't something confined to the shadows, but a policy actively defended by administration officials — still to this day.
The U.S. is acting to undermine the legitimate work of a treaty-based international court that steps in only where national courts do not conduct genuine investigations or prosecutions of serious international crimes
The Trump administration's attempt to interfere with the International Criminal Court, simply because it is investigating Americans, is uniquely perverse.
The Court could also issue a formal ruling on whether it has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes in the Occupied Territories, thereby removing ambiguity regarding a key Israeli government argument against it.