A group of influential Republican senators has sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him not to issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, and threatening him with “severe sanctions” if he does so.
In a terse, one-page letter obtained exclusively by Zeteo, and signed by 12 GOP senators, including Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Florida’s Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz of Texas, Khan is informed that any attempt by the ICC to hold Netanyahu and his colleagues to account for their actions in Gaza will be interpreted “not only as a threat to Israel’s sovereignty but to the sovereignty of the United States.”
“Target Israel and we will target you,” the senators tell Khan, adding that they will “sanction your employees and associates, and bar you and your families from the United States.”
Rather ominously, the letter concludes: “You have been warned.”
In a statement to Zeteo, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said, “It is fine to express opposition to a possible judicial action, but it is absolutely wrong to interfere in a judicial matter by threatening judicial officers, their family members and their employees with retribution. This thuggery is something befitting the mafia, not U.S. senators.”
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This letter itself, threatening the ICC, is itself a violation of international law
@Equ4l1tyPiperSocialist2wks2W
International law or even America’s own laws such as Leahy’s law have yet to stop US politicians tripping over themselves to bestow Israel immunity for every action it takes.
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It's almost like international law doesn't matter since Hamas committed war crimes and nobody seems to care until they get what's coming then all of a sudden we have to care about bloodthirsty islamists
@HolisticSquirrelForward2wks2W
"Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama, one of the letter’s Republican signatories, told Zeteo it was “not a threat - a promise.”"
That's what happens when war criminals and their defenders have impunity from their war crimes again and again. Cretins such as Katie Britt feel all puffed up and macho & high & mighty as they scream like toddlers or drunk bar brawlers.
The funniest part is that the US doesnt recognize or fund the ICC... So why do they think they have the right to tell them what to do, very weird people.
We've been doing this for a long time, not just for Israel's benefit but for our own. It's why we have no credibility anymore in the eyes of most of the world.
We spent the last 80 years building a system of international rules and order, just to throw it all away for Netanyahu
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