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Showing Original Post only (View all)"You Have Been Warned": Republican Senators Threaten the ICC Prosecutor over Possible Israel Arrest Warrants [View all]
https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-you-have-been-warned-republicanA group of influential Republican senators has sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him not to issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, and threatening him with severe sanctions if he does so.
In a terse, one-page letter obtained exclusively by Zeteo, and signed by 12 GOP senators, including Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Floridas Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz of Texas, Khan is informed that any attempt by the ICC to hold Netanyahu and his colleagues to account for their actions in Gaza will be interpreted not only as a threat to Israels sovereignty but to the sovereignty of the United States.
Target Israel and we will target you, the senators tell Khan, adding that they will sanction your employees and associates, and bar you and your families from the United States.
Rather ominously, the letter concludes: You have been warned.
In a statement to Zeteo, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said, It is fine to express opposition to a possible judicial action, but it is absolutely wrong to interfere in a judicial matter by threatening judicial officers, their family members and their employees with retribution. This thuggery is something befitting the mafia, not U.S. senators.
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"You Have Been Warned": Republican Senators Threaten the ICC Prosecutor over Possible Israel Arrest Warrants [View all]
Nevilledog
May 6
OP
I hope these threats encourage the ICC to speed up their investigation and indict Netanyahu.
Lonestarblue
May 6
#7
"Befitting the mafia" -- in other words, Republican standard operating procedure.
Hermit-The-Prog
May 6
#9
"The United States is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute),
struggle4progress
May 6
#10
Maybe not befitting US Senators but these guys are only props. Real Republican US senators are an extinct species.
jaxexpat
May 6
#15
Yeah. ICC should add Moscow Mitch and Lacky Grassley plus 10 others from GOP Senator list to warrants
Traurigkeit
May 6
#18
The ICC should have abandoned their "hands off" posture towards America's bad actors long ago.
jaxexpat
May 6
#24
What are they going to do? Seriously irresponsible, again proving that the GOP is made up of five-year-olds. nt
TeamProg
May 6
#22