At last, some pushback against the relentless and unjustified anti-Israel animus of the international “human rights” organizations.
“US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel,” by Patricia Zengerle, Reuters, January 10, 2025:
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court in protest at its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel’s campaign in Gaza.
The vote was 243 to 140 in favor of the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act,” which would sanction any foreigner who investigates, arrests, detains or prosecutes U.S. citizens or those of an allied country, including Israel, who are not members of the court.
Forty-five Democrats joined 198 Republicans in backing the bill. No Republican voted against it.
“America is passing this law because a kangaroo court is seeking to arrest the prime minister of our great ally, Israel,” Representative Brian Mast, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a House speech before the vote.
The House vote, one of the first since the new Congress was seated last week, underscored strong support among President-elect Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans for Israel’s government, now that they control both chambers in Congress.
The ICC said it noted the bill with concern and warned it could rob victims of atrocities of justice and hope.
“The court firmly condemns any and all actions intended to threaten the court and its officials, undermine its judicial independence and its mandate and deprive millions of victims of international atrocities across the world of justice and hope,” it said in a statement sent to Reuters.
Trump’s first administration imposed sanctions on the ICC in 2020 in response to investigations into war crimes in Afghanistan, including allegations of torture by U.S. citizens….
somehistory says
The ‘usual culprits’ voted against it. the squad and others we hear from via their spouting hatred and lies.
Virtually the same dems who voted against the Laken Riley Law.
GianCarlo MATTA says
say, buddy, are you circumcised ? please let us know !
James Lincoln says
GianCarlo MATTA,
So, what is your point?
Magooey says
The actions of Hamas satisfy the definition of rape/genocide as used in Allen’s book [1] and listed right in the preface. The activities of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice with their false and fabricated accusations act as a smokescreen to protect Hamas from the justified rape/genocide accusation.
[1] RAPE WARFARE, The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, by Beverly Allen, University of Minnesota Press, 1996
Joseph Askew says
Sanction by cutting off support and financing, remove these corrupt un elected officials l s and bodies out of your country. Jesus is our only true hope.
PRCS USN (ret) says
“Jesus is our only true hope.”
Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, etc., are just screwed, eh?
William Kemmler says
The ICC isn’t based in the United States. It’s based in The Hague, Netherlands. And the United States has neither given up sovereignty to the ICC nor does it support the ICC.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I just hope that that bill takes long enough in the Senate, and only gets to the desk of President Trump, not Biden, so that it is not vetoed by the President. I don’t trust Biden to sign it
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
It’s quite possible that bogus Biden is not the one actually signing things…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Of course. But I was hoping that critical bills such as this one (or any, for that matter, at this point) drag through Congress, and don’t make it to the President’s desk before January 21st. From that day onwards, we’ll have a real president signing it, rather than bureaucratic rogues doing what they feel like
I don’t want Biden doing anything b/w now and next Monday
somehistory says
During the past year, congress passed not quite 200 hundred laws. Then the b-crats added more than 3 thousand rules and regulations (unconstitutional) supposedly to make the laws say what the people making them meant for them to say. But the lawmakers didn’t read what the unelected added.
James Lincoln says
Fully understand, Infidel.
somehistory says
Yes, John, you did and he provided more evidence to prove what I took him to be all along.