Seth Donnelly: The evidence submitted to the ICC includes sworn affidavits, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimony, videos, and documentation regarding US support for Israel. Our verdict: True.

What we found

The evidence

• Background

  Common Dreams quoted Seth Donnelly saying the evidence submitted to the ICC includes sworn affidavits from doctors, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimony, videos and documentation of US support for Israel. [1]

• Supports the claim

  Fighting Words reported that the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide submitted evidence to the ICC including affidavits, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimony, videos and documentation of US support for Israel. [2]

• Supports the claim

  Middle East Eye reported that the group organised a submission to the ICC containing affidavits, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimony, videos and documentation regarding US support for Israel. [3]

• Background

  CounterPunch reported that the group submitted a collection of materials to the ICC including affidavits, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimony, videos and documentation of US support for Israel. [4]

• Background

  Anadolu Agency reported that the group planned to submit these specific categories of evidence to the ICC. [5]

• Supports the claim

  Anadolu Agency reported that a US judge blocked sanctions against two human rights groups engaging with the international court, confirming the group's formation and its intent to submit evidence to the ICC. [6]

What we could not confirm

• The actual contents of the submission are not publicly available, so we could not directly examine the affidavits, videos, whistleblower testimony or supporting documents.
• The descriptions of the submission come from the group itself and from news reports, and we found no independent verification of the individual items of evidence.

How we checked

We looked at news reports about the submission from Common Dreams, Fighting Words, Middle East Eye, CounterPunch and Anadolu Agency, and we checked the International Criminal Court's public records for any listing of the submission. We reviewed 9 relevant sources.