A group of influential Republican senators has sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him not to issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, and threatening him with “severe sanctions” if he does so.
In a terse, one-page letter obtained exclusively by Zeteo, and signed by 12 GOP senators, including Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Florida’s Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz of Texas, Khan is informed that any attempt by the ICC to hold Netanyahu and his colleagues to account for their actions in Gaza will be interpreted “not only as a threat to Israel’s sovereignty but to the sovereignty of the United States.”
“Target Israel and we will target you,” the senators tell Khan, adding that they will “sanction your employees and associates, and bar you and your families from the United States.”
In their letter, the dozen Republican senators remind Khan that the U.S. “demonstrated in the American Service-Members’ Protection Act the lengths to which we will go to protect [its] sovereignty.”
The ASPA, signed into law by George W. Bush in 2002, has since become widely known as “The Hague Invasion Act” because it authorizes the U.S. president “to use all means necessary and appropriate” to bring about the release not just of U.S. persons but also allies who are imprisoned or detained by the ICC.
I dunno, it seems to me that if someone starts threatening you over something you’re investigating, you should probably take that as a sign to investigate even harder…
Note that the American domestic fascist party also supports a (foreign) jewish nationalist ethnostate (zionism), despite being the main group promoting antisemitism domestically.
It’s almost like authoritarians and fascists are defined by their authoritarianism and fascism — authoritarians of a feather, genocide together — instead of their religion, race, or ethnicity…
The common factor between their support of Zionism and their domestic antisemitism, is hate. They support Zionism since they hate the Muslims. They’re domestically antisemitic because they hate the Jews. They’re motivated and driven by hate. They are the poison that the civilized world dies on.
I’m sure a lot of it has to do with campaign donations as well. The party is full of hate, but I feel these politicians are just mouthpieces for their donors in their own personal pursuit of power and wealth.
Exactly, Christians have no pious convictions or beliefs. They say and do whatever they’re paid to say or is convenient
There’s an additional aspect. An interpretation of the end-times prophecy. Some believe (primarily evangelicals) that God promised the Holy Land to the Jewish people, and that reestablishing Israel’s political boundaries will begin the end times. So as much as they may hate the Jews, they must be in power in Israel.
I was today years old when I discovered the US is Russia with better PR.
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lol. Look up what we’ve done to South America. We just eradicate the noise better it seems.
Here’s the letter from the article if anyone wants to read it (only one page).
The first part is simping for israel, last two paragraphs is where it devolves into literal threats.
That reads like a highschool drama, WTF is the whole world gone coocoo ?
It’s not exactly our best and brightest.
I mean they don’t have control of the house or the Senate.
so how would they do this?
It’s only a matter of time and how long can they hold a grudge.
Funny, though, that Republicans are banging the Law and Order gong as loud as possible, but when it actually comes to bring criminals in front of Judges (Trump in the US, Netanyahu in The Hague), they fight Law and Order with tooth and nail.
That’s exactly why they say it over and over. It’s just brainwashing to keep you thinking they give a shit about the law.
No no no… The laws they want to enforce only apply to not white people /s
They’re suss lol
They’re implicit somehow and the ICC is going to make their life difficult.
ICC can’t do anything to them
*while they are in US
I mean in terms of exposure, whether corruption or a sweet deal. Usually starts the, “Stop doing what you’re doing, or else…” threats.
It’s not even all of the GOP. It’s only 12 of the dumbest. Can we just vote these members out already? Honestly, nobody cares what Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz think about anything. Last I checked they’re even losing ground in their own states. They can’t make any of these threats real and I hope the ICC charges Netanyahu as quick as possible just to spite them.
I’m not the most well read person around but why was there a letter disclosed exclusively to some obscure news agency? Or is it a well known agency that I’ve just never heard of?
Mehdi Hasan recently created Zeteo because MSNBC fired him, most likely because he kept calling out the israeli spokesperson Mark Regev for lying all the time.
Because the public is desperate for news agencies which aren’t fully powered by Zionist propaganda their launch was pretty huge and he got a lot of paid subscribers.
Zeteo is currently one of the most reputable news agencies. They’re employing a lot of major news names, many which got fired from mainream positions for speaking the truth about israel.
Thanks for the info, I’ll have to check it out. Btw what is that on King Geoffrey’s head in your profile picture?
Zeteo is new, created by Mehdi Hasan who was fired from
CNBCMSNBC because of his critical coverage of Israel.
He doesn’t work for you, he doesn’t answer to you.
I wish people would stop saying the USA can’t sink any lower, because every time this is said, we prove it wrong. x_x
“The bar was so low it was a tripping hazard in hell, and yet here you are, Limbo dancing with the devil.”
Do it. Call their bluff. Fucking hosers. All empty threats anyway.
I don’t think it’s that empty. GOP will be back in power some day.
I don’t think Rubio or Cruz will ever be elected as president. 12 extra nutty Republicans don’t speak for the rest of the nuts.
Let’s see if the other Republicans can turn it 'round. The recent trajectory of the party has not been promising, though.
I think netanyahu should be let out into gaza on his own, just with a water pistol.
No no, let him have real military equipment. Let him feel like a badass until he collapses under the literal weight of it all and is immobilized and left to die
He would be a nice street light decoration, but unfortunately there aren’t many of those left in Gaza.
If the left suddenly supported the genocide I’m pretty sure it would be over in a few hours once the right finds out. Gotta own the left no matter what.
Good. I’d love nothing more than the US sanction ICC members and European countries refuse to execute arrest warrants on Israeli officials. This charade of “rules based order” has gone on too long, let them be exposed for what they actually are, hypocrites.
Historically threats to invade someone don’t have the effect you’re thinking they do. Far more likely is the EU moving into higher military production and further separating from the US on the global stage.
US senators are interfering, influencing/lobbying for the interests of the Israeli government. But, can’t call it security infiltration into the US government and politics. Because the foreign government is not China or Russia. The Hypocrisy of the US Government. 🤡
openly threatening the international tribunal’s chief prosecutor. this only shows that international law and principles are good only if they favor the US government’s interests.
