President Trump has a love for Abraham Accords that is not a secret as he is the visionary of the same, but what is not common knowledge is that President Trump was in the process to make the same a part of global trade deal with any country that traded with Israel or the US. A proxy global control, this not very uncommon to the US as it has of often unilaterally decided on policy and legislation to address human problem only to have its plans back fire, as seen in case of criminalisation and penalisation of all forms of drugs and drug use. In case of drug use or any other issue the intrusion into domestic legal system or sovereignty of other nations is through assertion of concern for the problem and related aspects, here it was drugs, cultural use or medicinal use of drugs and related methods of control.
The Abraham Accords is a pure
trade deal, a financial arrangement through agreement, it has no juridical
links to domestic criminal law of any nation, other than one that President
Trump is trying to create on behalf of Israel. It is interesting to note that
President Trump sanctioned UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and ICC officials
though the President has no right to do so. The globe is being run at present
by US Presidential Executive Orders, through their silence US Congress, SCOTUS,
UNSC, and UN seems to be in support of the same. It is time the countries across
globe got together and asked who elected US President as the global leader for
nations across the globe and for their citizens?
It is childish to believe SCTOUS
or US Congress cares about international law, for all their actions indicates
they are silent spectators to US President playing ping pong with international
and domestic law or are complicit themselves. Hence there is need for
international community to ask for accountability from the US, the nation that
claims to believe in Democracy and rule of law.
The sanctions on 11 officials
from ICC is based on Presidential executive order 14203, which the President
basis of three domestic legislations, creating a situation of National
emergency and making it possible for US President to sanction ICC officials for
security of US and its ally Israel. The three legislations on which sanctions
of ICC officials were made are:
a) International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Which
interestingly is decided by the US President.
b) National Emergencies Act
(NEA). US President has the power to declare the same.
c) Immigration and Nationality
Act (INA) of 1952. This also is decided by the US President [1].
Evidently US being a democracy
is definitely a myth nurtured by US selective narratives. For that is what the actions of US President
indicates. Take for example, the US President making mockery of the world and
international law when it bombs fishing boats and speed boats justifying it
with allegations the vessels were carrying tonnes of drugs. A total of 58
strikes were carried out on these vessels and it led to 194 casualties [2]. He himself gloats on his action and post the
same on his Truth Social.
The US legal system seems to be
in agreement with US President’s action for they never stated otherwise and
SCTOUS is silent. The point I would like to raise with US Judiciary is how did
the US President sitting in the oval office or the Pentagon or any other
American officials determine the boats were carrying drugs. As per my limited
understanding initial assessment of drug seized is done through its colour,
texture, odour and subsequently through screening test (that needs physical
testing of the substance) and then lab analysis that take 1 to 2 weeks. All the
information available to US official agencies including Pentagon and to US
President were visuals from the skies. What Magic has the US President or
Pentagon discovered to carry out drug identification, from the skies above, miles
away from the fishing boats or speed boats? Please do share this magical
process for the benefit of humanity and control of drug trade!
Both US President and Pentagon
deserve Nobel Prize for their magical discovery.
Issue with Abraham Accords
As evident from above US can be
run by US Presidential Executive Order with no consideration for international
or domestic law, there is no process at present to hold US President
accountable for abusing sovereign rights of other nations or its citizens. Since
there is an historical arrangement whereby the US always stands up for Israel,
as events in past revealed even when Israel carries on with genocide in
Palestine; there is need for Gulf countries to be clear what Abraham Accords
entail.
Israel is trying to link economic
trade with criminal laws of sovereign nations; it is doing so on a concept
antisemitism which by definition is always in flux. The working definition of
antisemitism is determined by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
(IHRA) and it is an open-ended definition. The non-legally binding definition of
Antisemitism by IHIRA is “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which
may be expressed as hatred towards Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestation
of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/ or
their property and religious facilities”. One of the examples of antisemitism
given is that “Drawing comparison of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the
Nazis. This is strange for Israel has been more expressive about its genocidal
intent than Nazis, because of the options within social media [3].
The problem is that when a legal
non-binding action against antisemitism is made legally binding through Abraham
Accords and there is no clear definition of the crime, other than an
open-ended, working definition with lot of room for diverse interpretation;
there is room for Israel and US to have a hold on any party that is a signatory
to Abraham Accords based on what they consider is relevant within the given
reality.
The current definition is so board that it
seems to seek to protect Jews at any cost with no sense of accountability and
this can be an issue way ahead. For example, asserting genocide of Palestinians
by Israel can be considered to be antisemitic and as would drawing comparison
between Israel’s policy and Nazis. Even standing up for State of Palestine can
be considered to be antisemitic, such accusation would be in line with Israel’s
policy.
The problem arises if after
signing the Accords there is a disagreement and given the passion of US for
different types of Sanctions which has been reflected by media frequently
during recent times, it would create a situation where a country’s sovereignty
can be held at ransom by the US and Israel, including using power strategy to
assert Israel’s right to carryon with the genocide of Palestinians. Since Gulf
countries do have financial links with US, there would be scope for freezing of
funds of Gulf Countries, that of their officials and institutions within Gulf
Countries. Along with fear of comprehensive sanctions there is secondary
sanctions which would apply extraterritorially to non-U.S. persons and foreign
companies. A chokehold similar to what Cuba is experiencing, as US is
unhappy with political ideology of governance within Cuba.
Gulf Countries need to careful,
assert their sovereignty and keep antisemitism out of purview of trade talks. It
should be pointed out it would be unethical to have trade talks with Israel
that still continues its genocide on Palestine.
Sovereignty for all or
Sovereignty for none!
Molly Charles
References
1. https://www.sanctions.io/blog/understanding-us-sanctions-and-sanctions-lists
Accessed on 26th May 2026
2. United States
strikes on alleged drug Operation Southern Spear Wikipedia.
https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_alleged_drug_traffickers_during_Operation_Southern_Spear
3. https://www.ajc.org/the-working-definition-of-antisemitism
Accessed on 26th May 2026
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