The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in response to the arrest warrants that the tribunal issued against ‘Israeli’ authorities for war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday, House lawmakers voted 243-140 in favor of to the legislative text, which was introduced by Republican Representatives Chip Roy and Brian Mast.
The bill, which now heads to the Republican-controlled Senate, stipulates that the warrants against the ‘Israeli’ officials should be “condemned in the strongest possible terms.”
It also urges sanctions with respect to the court over “any effort to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.” The sanctions include prohibiting US property transactions and blocking and revoking visas.
Last year, the ICC, based in The Hague, issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza.
In response, the House passed the ICC sanctions bill, but it was not brought to a vote in the Senate, which was then under Democratic control. Thursday’s vote was the second time that the chamber voted for the pro-Israel measure.
“Human rights lawyers and others documenting the worst atrocities committed on this planet are heroes who should be celebrated—not punished when the war criminals they pursue are allies of the United States,” Representative Ilhan Omar, who voted against the bill, said on X.
Representative Rashida Tlaib said in an X post that the bill is aimed at protecting “genocidal maniac Netanyahu so he can continue the genocide in Gaza.”
Israel launched its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a surprise operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
So far, the criminal regime has killed at least 46,006 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 109,378 others, in the besieged territory.
PressTV report

We all know well that neither of these settler colonies care about the International Law or Human Rights.
Furthermore, fascist Poland has proven once again that it has no decency and no morals. The Polish government invites the head of the genocidal Zionist colony to the annual commemorative ceremony of Auschwitz.
What is the difference between Hitler and Netanyahu as genocidal dictators other than that one is alive and the other not?
Poland has confirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed the situation, revealing that President Andrzej Duda requested him to ensure Netanyahu’s safe stay in Poland.
Tusk further explained that the government has been working for “several days on such a decision, which, on the one hand, will guarantee a safe stay for all guests interested in participating in the annual events in Auschwitz. This, of course, applies in particular to representatives of the State of Israel.”
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