US House Speaker Mike Johnson intends to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arrest warrants and put Karim Khan “back in his place.”
Congress would consider all of its options, including “aggressive legislation” to impose sanctions as quickly as possible, Johnson added.
If the ICC moves forward with its absurd warrant request, this is going to be an even bigger international problem.
According to Johnson, the US has never supported the ICC because it is a “direct affront to our own sovereignty.”
We don’t put any international body above American sovereignty and Israel doesn’t do that either.
Johnson noted that the ICC had never prosecuted or arrested the Iranian president, despite his involvement in “torture and terror.”
But instead, what we see right now is the ICC has chosen to target Israel with baseless and illegitimate arrest warrants, and it’s attempting to equate Israel’s just war for its existence with the horrific acts of the October 7 massacre. To us, this is just unconscionable.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Wednesday that the administration was making a “bipartisan, bicameral basis with the Hill on all of the options for how to respond to what the ICC has just done.” Moreover, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has already indicated he would be open to working with Congress on bipartisan sanctions against the ICC, depending on proposed legislation.
Former Greek finance minister and candidate for European Parliament Yanis Varoufakis supported the decision of the ICC, as Israel failed to comply with the order of the International Court of Justice and continued its offensive in Rafah.
The International Court of Justice orders Israel to stop its Rafah offensive. Israel gives it the finger and bombs the tents of displaced refugees burning scores of them alive. Now is the time for the International Criminal Court to issue its arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
Johnson’s statements came after a request by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and three leaders of the Palestinian group Hamas.
