The House passed a bill on Jan. 9 to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), passed 243–140 with one voting “present.”
It now goes to the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is expected to bring it up. Thune has decried the warrants.
“After the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister in November, I called on the Democrat leader to bring up an ICC sanctions bill that had already passed the House – again with bipartisan support,” he said on the Senate floor on Jan. 8….