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Sanctions applied to the court as an entity could affect its basic day-to-day operations, from its ability to pay its staff to its access to bank accounts and routine office software

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The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.