NOW is the time to hold the Biden Administration accountable for enabling Israel’s war crimes across Palestine!
The nonprofit organization DAWN has submitted a 172-page communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) recommending they investigate former President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.
With DAWN’s comprehensive communication, the heavy-lifting for the ICC is already done. Let’s push them to take action!
Sign the petition to the ICC to demand an immediate investigation into the Biden Administration!
Honorable ICC,
We, the undersigned, demand the International Criminal Court (ICC) immediately investigate former U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for their role in aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes in Palestine. As recommended by DAWN, their actions fall within the ICC’s jurisdiction and merit serious legal action.
Since October 2023, Israel has carried out indiscriminate bombardment, mass killings of civilians, the targeting of hospitals, and deliberate starvation of Palestinians in Gaza — all of which constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute. The Biden administration had been a knowing and active participant in these crimes through actions including but not limited to:
- Providing direct, unconditional military aid, weapons, and intelligence to Israel as it carries out its systematic attacks on civilians.
- Obstructing ceasefire efforts and repeatedly vetoing UN resolutions aimed at ending Israel’s genocidal campaign.
- Joe Biden: Ensured that U.S. weapons and money kept flowing to Israel, even when it violated domestic and international law. In some cases, he bypassed congressional review to approve arms shipments to allow Israel to receive U.S. weapons unconditionally.
- Antony Blinken: Despite repeated warnings from his own staff and U.S. agencies that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza — a condition for withholding weapons, Blinken did not withhold any assistance to Israel.
- Lloyd Austin: Ignored reports from his own department citing evidence for Israel’s crimes in Gaza and continued providing unconditional military assistance to Israel and public endorsement of Israeli authorities' actions.
According to ICC precedent, leaders who knowingly assist in crimes, even if they do not commit them directly, bear legal responsibility. Your office has already investigated and taken steps against Israeli officials for violations of international law. We urge you to be consistent and do the same with Biden, Blinken, and Austin. You have the authority, and the moral and legal obligation, to investigate those who enable these atrocities.
Now is the time to act. The Biden administration has openly admitted to sending arms and unwavering support to Israel while it slaughters thousands in Gaza. With DAWN’s submission, the work has already been done for you. We urge you to seize this opportunity to uphold the credibility of the ICC and demonstrate what accountability looks like on an international scale. Allowing the Biden administration’s role in genocide to go unpunished would set a dangerous precedent for our world.
We demand an immediate investigation into Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin for their role in aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.