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Senator Bernie Sanders' statement on ICC arrest warrants

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NEWS: Sanders Statement on ICC
Seeking Arrest Warrants for Israeli
and Hamas Leaders

"The ICC prosecutor is right," said Sanders.

WASHINGTON, May 20 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (1-Vt.) today released the following
statement on the decision of the International Criminal Court (IC) prosecutor to
seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders relating to the Israel-Gaza
conflict:

In the last several years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest
warrants for political leaders who violate international law and engage in war
crimes and crimes against humanity. That includes Russian President Vladimir
Putin, whose illegal invasion of Ukraine initiated the most destructive war in
Europe since World War I; Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who started the
horrific war in Gaza by launching a terrorist attack against Israel, which killed
1,200 innocent men, women, and children; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, who, in response, has waged an unprecedented war of destruction
against the entire Palestinian people, which has killed or injured over 5 percent of
the population.

The ICC prosecutor is right to take these actions. These arrest warrants may or may
not be carried out, but it is imperative that the global community uphold
international law. Without these standards of decency and morality, this planet may
rapidly descend into anarchy, never-ending wars, and barbarism.