The legislation is in retaliation for the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu over Gaza.

The United States House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

Legislators in the lower chamber of the US Congress passed the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” by an overwhelming margin, 243 to 140, on Thursday in a signal of strong support for Israel.

Forty-five Democrats joined 198 Republicans in backing the bill. No Republicans voted against it.

  • Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Protect the pedophiles. Protect the rapists. Protect the war criminals. Protect the traitors. This is the United States of America. Donald Trump’s America.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Donald Trump’s America.

      Until Jan 20 this is genocide Joe Biden’s America whether centrists want to admit it or not. The blood wont be washed away so easily.

        • kreskin@lemmy.world
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          20 hours ago

          I’m no fan of trump, but if the ceasefire holds it wont be worse. The end of Biden will be the end of the Biden-encouraged slaughter, for now.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        I reviewed the votes. He didn’t have a say. He’s not in Congress. Will he sign this? I doubt it, because there is a good chance the Senate will shut it down before it gets to the president to sign. And by the time it would, the Senators who started on January 3rd, might hold it till after Jan 20th so Biden doesn’t try to veto it.