Christian leaders, politicians react to ICC's arrest warrant for Israel PM Netanyahu
Congressional Republicans
Leaders on Capitol Hill telegraphed disappointment with the development.
In a Thursday X post, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., slated to become the senate majority leader in the upcoming 119th Congress, forcefully condemned the ICC's warrants.
"If the ICC and its prosecutor do not reverse their outrageous and unlawful actions to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, the Senate should immediately pass sanctions legislation, as the House has already done on a bipartisan basis. If Majority Leader Schumer does not act, the Senate Republican majority will stand with our key ally Israel."
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, considered one of the most moderate Senate Republicans, published an X post Thursday urging the ICC to "abandon its unlawful pursuit of arrest warrants against Israeli officials."
She stressed that the "U.S. stands with Israel," agreeing with Thune that if the ICC fails to rescind its warrant against Netanyahu, "the Senate should immediately consider the bipartisan legislation passed by the House to sanction the ICC."
The legislation both Collins and Thune referred to, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, passed the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives in a 247-155 vote in June. The measure received no opposition from Republicans, while 42 Democrats joined their GOP colleagues in supporting it. The bill has not come up for a vote in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: [email protected]
