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.”
Rather ominously, the letter concludes: “You have been warned.”
In a statement to Zeteo, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said, “It is fine to express opposition to a possible judicial action, but it is absolutely wrong to interfere in a judicial matter by threatening judicial officers, their family members and their employees with retribution. This thuggery is something befitting the mafia, not U.S. senators.”
@ISIDEWITH2 viikkoa2W
Kuinka reagoisit, jos hallituksesi uhkaisi vakavilla toimilla kansainvälistä instituutiota suojellakseen kansalaisiaan oikeudelliselta syytteeltä ulkomailla?
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Pitäisikö kansainvälisen lain koskea kaikkia maita tasapuolisesti, vai ovatko tilanteita, joissa poikkeuksia tulisi tehdä?
@ISIDEWITH2 viikkoa2W
Onko maalle hyväksyttävää suojella liittolaisiaan kaikin mahdollisin keinoin, vaikka se sisältäisi uhkailua kansainvälisiä oikeuselimia vastaan?
@ISIDEWITH2 viikkoa2W
Uskotko, että on oikein, että lainsäätäjien ryhmä uhkaa kansainvälisiä tuomareita ja heidän perheitään mahdollisten oikeudellisten päätösten vuoksi?
@ISIDEWITH2 viikkoa2W
How would you feel if another country threatened your nation's leaders with arrest for actions they believed were justified?
