{"id":19381,"date":"2024-05-21T12:47:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/progressive-senator-backs-potential-icc-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu-unprecedented-war\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:47:17","slug":"progressive-senator-backs-potential-icc-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu-unprecedented-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/progressive-senator-backs-potential-icc-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu-unprecedented-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive senator backs potential ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu: \u2018Unprecedented war\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., deviated from some of his Democratic colleagues and jumped on board with International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan\u2019s move Monday to file applications for arrest warrants against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders for allegedly committing \u2018war crimes\u2019 during the conflict in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The ICC prosecutor is right,\u2019 Sanders said in a statement Monday afternoon on X. \u2018These arrest warrants may or may not be carried out, but it is imperative that the global community uphold international law. Without these standards of decency and morality, this planet may rapidly descend into anarchy, never-ending wars, and barbarism.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sanders\u2019 comments come hours after Democratic lawmakers came out largely divided over ICC\u2019s petition.<\/p>\n

Sanders also said that in the last several years, ICC issued arrest warrants for multiple political leaders who violated human rights laws and international war policies, including Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Ukraine invasion and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar for the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now included on that list is Netanyahu, \u2018who, in response, has waged an unprecedented war of destruction against the entire Palestinian people, which has killed or injured more than 5 percent of the population.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Khan said in a statement Monday that based on evidence collected and examined by his office, he has \u2018reasonable grounds\u2019 to believe Netanyahu and Gallant \u2018bear criminal responsibility for\u2026 war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said those alleged crimes include \u2018starvation of civilians as a method of warfare\u2019 and \u2018intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, House GOP lawmakers called the ICC\u2019s petition for arrest warrants \u2018a gift to terrorists around the globe.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2018The ICC\u2019s decision to equate Israel with Hamas as a war criminal is a gift to terrorists around the globe and a slap in the face to the only free-standing democracy in the Middle East,\u2019 House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 House GOP lawmaker, told Fox News Digital. \u2018There is no comparison between the deliberate killing, raping, and torturing of thousands of innocent civilians and those who are rightfully defending themselves against it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement, \u2018In 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. If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders, ours could be next.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Greg Norman and Liz Elkind contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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