"Issue sanctions on every single member and employee of the ICC. Make it impossible for them to move funds or travel. Bureaucrats who enable and excuse terrorism in this manner need to learn a lesson about international norms and the consequences of their actions. And that should happen now, not after the next session of Congress begins." Ed Morrissey
ICC Endorses Hamas Terrorism In Absurd Arrest Warrants on Netanyahu, Gallant "The International Criminal Court today endorsed and enforced terrorism. There is simply no other way to describe their absurd decision to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the war Hamas launched against Israel on October 7, 2023, with a wave of atrocities that deliberately targeted thousands of unarmed civilians.
"Rather than issue arrest warrants for Hamas leadership for those atrocities, the ICC has chosen to go after the Israelis for fighting Hamas where Hamas hides out -- among civilians: . . ."
Israel: Government, Opposition Parties Reject ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu ..."The Jerusalem Post reported PM Netanyahu’s response:
Israel claimed that the court has no authority to discuss the Palestinian complaint against it, which recently led to the prosecutor’s request to issue arrest warrants against the prime minister and the defense minister.
The Prime Minister’s Office responded to the warrants, calling the decision antisemitic.
“The antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court is equivalent to a modern-day Dreyfus trial—and it will end the same way,” the PMO said.
“Israel vehemently rejects the absurd and false actions and accusations against it by the International Criminal Court, a biased and discriminatory political body.”
The PMO also said that the decision was made by “a corrupt chief prosecutor attempting to save himself from severe allegations of sexual harassment, and by biased judges driven by antisemitic hatred toward Israel,” accusing prosecutor Karim Khan of lying to US senators when he said he would not “act against Israel before visiting” Israel.
The ICC ruling was rejected by leaders across the Israeli political spectrum, The Times of Israel reported:
Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf characterized the warrants as “antisemitic accusations against all citizens of Israel” and pledged that Jerusalem would “not be deterred and will continue to fight murderous terrorism.”
. . .The arrest warrants against Israeli leaders come as ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, raising speculations that the anti-Israel witch hunt could be a desperate bid to divert attention away from the looming scandal" . . .
The ICC’s arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant is outrageous, unlawful, and dangerous. Leader Schumer should bring a bill to the floor sanctioning the ICC. If he chooses not to act, the new Senate Republican majority next year will. pic.twitter.com/kckPXPOoLD
— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) November 21, 2024
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