In the bigger picture, the ICC Appeals Court will also be weighing whether it wants to continue to drive forward against Israel at a moment when the war may be ending and when incoming US president Donald Trump is sure to make the ICC pay for hassling the Jewish state.

Democratic support for a bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court ticked up Thursday as the House passed the measure a second time. Why it matters: The House voted to approve the same bill last year,

The former Polish president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday slammed Warsaw's decision to protect Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu from the court’s arrest warrant should he decides to attend a commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz.

STORY: The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to sanction the International Criminal Court.The measure comes in protest after ICC prosecutors issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over Israel's military operations in Gaza.