US warns ICC not to try arresting Israeli leader

 Newsmax:

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., warned the International Criminal Court on Sunday that the U.S. will impose sanctions if it proceeds with arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials.

"If the ICC and its prosecutor do not reverse their outrageous and unlawful actions to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, the Senate should immediately pass sanctions legislation, as the House has already done on a bipartisan basis," Thune wrote on X.

Thune was elected last week by his fellow Republicans to lead the GOP in the upper chamber, taking over from the outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

In June, the House passed a bill to sanction the ICC for requesting arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The vote passed 247-155, with 205 Republicans supporting the measure alongside 42 Democrats. The ICC also sought arrest warrants for several Hamas leaders including Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israel in October.

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who introduced the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, released a statement last week, saying: "The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction in Israel and its illegal pursuit of Israeli officials is built on a lie.
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Israel had a proper response to the mass murder attack of Israeli citizens.  Hamas richly deserved what Israel did to it and its leadership.   

See also:

Netanyahu Acted Against White House to Hit Iran Nuclear Target

Iran has threatened to attack Israel with nuclear weapons. 

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