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US House Passes Sanctions Bill Targeting International Criminal Court Over Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Request

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The US House of Representatives has passed legislation that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. The 247-155 vote marks Congress's first legislative rebuke of the ICC since its decision last month to seek warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders. According to some reports, the ICC prosecutor has applied for an arrest warrant against Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three leaders of militant group Hamas, on charges related to the war in Gaza. The move was widely denounced in Washington, creating a rare moment of unity on Israel despite divisions over the war with Hamas intensifying.

  1. US
    Gregory Meeks
    Democratic Party
    1. This bill would have a chilling effect on the ICC as an institution, which could hamper the court's efforts to prosecute the dubious atrocities that have been perpetrated in many places around the world, from Ukraine to Uganda.
  2. US
    Mike Johnson
    Republican Party
    1. The US firmly stands with Israel and refuses to allow international bureaucrats to baselessly issue arrest warrants to Israeli leadership for false crimes.
    2. Today's vote draws a line in the sand for lawless action by ICC officials.
  3. US
    Michael McCaul
    Republican Party
    1. A partisan messaging bill was not my intention here but that is where we are.
    2. Failing to act here in the Congress would make us complicit with the ICC's illegitimate actions and we must not stay silent.
  4. US
    Matthew Miller
    US State Department
    1. We have made clear that while we oppose the decision taken by the prosecutor of the ICC, we don't think it is appropriate, especially while there are ongoing investigations inside Israel looking at somebody's very same questions, and we were willing to work with Congress on what a response might look like, but we don't support sanctions.

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sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CNA News
  3. 3.CTV News
  4. 4.Guardian

perspectives

  1. 1.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  2. 2.Israel Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
  4. 4.Israel-US Relations
  5. 5.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
  6. 6.Israel-Lebanese Hezbollah Conflict

countries

  1. 1.IsraelIL
  2. 2.Palestine, State ofPS
  3. 3.UkraineUA
  4. 4.UgandaUG

organizations

  1. 1.Democratic PartyUS
  2. 2.HamasPS
  3. 3.International Court of Justice
  4. 4.Republican Party
  5. 5.White HouseUS
  6. 6.United Nations
  7. 7.Mossad
  8. 8.US House Foreign Affairs Committee
  9. 9.US House of Representatives
  10. 10.US House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee

persons

  1. 1.Benjamin NetanyahuIL
  2. 2.Joe BidenUS
  3. 3.Yoav GalantIL
  4. 4.Gregory MeeksUS
  5. 5.Ismail Haniyeh
  6. 6.Karim KhanGB
  7. 7.Matthew MillerUS
  8. 8.Michael McCaulUS
  9. 9.Muhammad Al-Deif
  10. 10.Yahwa Sinwar
  11. 11.Mike JohnsonUS

technicals

  1. 1.Hebrew
  2. 2.Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act