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House Republicans Target ICC With Sanctions

By Mark Swanson | Tuesday, 07 May 2024 09:11 PM EDT


House Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its deliberations to bring arrest warrants against top Israeli officials.

The "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act" is the House companion to a Senate bill of the same name introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in February 2023.

This legislation, brought by Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., would "sanction any individual working to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute American citizens or an official from an allied U.S. country, including Israel."

"Our legislation sends a clear message to the International Criminal Court," Mast said in a press release. "We may not recognize you, but you sure as hell will recognize what happens when you target America or its allies."

The bill comes days after the ICC pushed back on "threats" it perceived coming from the U.S. and Israel. It also comes after reports that a bipartisan group of senators met with senior ICC officials over its investigation into Israel. It also comes a day after the revelation that a dozen GOP senators sent a letter to ICC top prosecutor Karim Khan on April 24.

"These arrest warrants would align the ICC with the largest state sponsor of terrorism and its proxy. To be clear, there is no moral equivalence between Hamas' terrorism and Israel's justified response," the senators wrote, concluding, "You have been warned."

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