House Republicans are considering how to respond to the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
for the arrests of Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the following senior Hamas leaders: Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammed Deif, the head of the military, and Ismail Haniyeh, the head of its political bureau. called the ICC’s actions “baseless and illegitimate,” echoing many fellow Republicans and Democrats who condemned the ICC for comparing the actions committed by Hamas to those taken by Israel in the wake of the Oct.
“Israel is fighting a just war for survival, and the ICC is attempting to equate Israeli officials to the evil terrorists who perpetrated the October 7th massacre,” the speaker continued. “In the absence of leadership from the White House, Congress is reviewing all options, including sanctions, to punish the ICC and ensure its leadership faces consequences if they proceed,” the speaker said. “If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders, ours could be next.
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