Republicans want to sanction the ICC simply because they don’t want the rules to apply to everyone,” one lawmaker said.
The House on Thursday passed legislation to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister for their actions during Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The House of Representatives green-lit a bill to slap sanctions against individuals involved in the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
It also condemns the international body for pursuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... in the 118th Congress, were GOP messaging tools unlikely to become ...
The House passed a bill on Thursday to sanction International Criminal Court officials – in response to the court issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... Democrats in Congress. The GOP-led Senate is expected to ...
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s team says the deal is not yet done, prompting a mixture of relief and concern on Capitol Hill
The bill was fast-tracked by the Republicans' House rules package following AIPAC's record campaign contributions.
A majority of House Democrats voted Thursday against legislation that would sanction the International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants
The House passed legislation sanctioning the International Criminal Court on Thursday in protest of its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The deal kicked in at 8:15 am Gaza time on Sunday, nearly three hours after it was scheduled to come into effect.
By Nitya Chakraborty The announcement on Gaza between Israel and Hamas just five days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of USA on January 20 has baffled many leaders of the peace movement as also left liberal political analysts as to how to properly assess the policies of this hard far right Republican.