The US House of Representatives passed sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
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Republicans introduced the bill. He proposes sanctions against ISS officials for harassing Americans or citizens of allied countries. Now the document must pass the Senate.
In the lower house, the document was supported by 247 congressmen – 205 Republicans and 42 Democrats. 155 representatives of the US Democratic Party opposed the initiative.
Reuters writes that the legislation will not pass in the Senate, but it shows continued support for Israel in Congress amid international criticism of the Middle Eastern country’s campaign in the Gaza Strip.
The bill will not come to a vote in the Senate, which is thinly controlled by Biden’s fellow Democrats, the agency said.
This decision by the House of Representatives is a response to the request of the ISS Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, who on May 20 invited arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Galant and three Hamas leaders. The US then began threatening sanctions against Khan, saying that the crimes of Hamas cannot be compared with the actions of Israel. President Joe Biden called the prosecutor’s demands “outrageous.”
On May 20, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, asked the ISS Trial Chamber to issue warrants to two Israeli leaders and three Hamas members. Prosecutors hold them responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the war that broke out between Israel and Hamas in the fall of 2023.
This news caused a strong reaction around the world. The European Union stated that it supports the independence of the court, and the United States began to threaten Karim Khan with sanctions.
Source: Racurs
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