Jefferson Reporter

U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Richard Blumenthal, Lindsey Graham, John Fetterman, and John Thune have expressed disappointment following the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

In a joint statement, the senators said, "We are disappointed in the ICC’s decision to move ahead with arrest warrants against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant given the Court’s lack of jurisdiction over Israel and its refusal to engage with Israel as required by law. We cannot abide the Court acting against a sovereign, independent, judicially independent democracy that is not a party to the Rome Statute. Now is an important time for America to speak with a single voice. Acquiescing to the Court’s jurisdiction over Israel is to agree, in theory, they have jurisdiction over the United States."

Earlier this year, Senator Britt along with Senators Graham, Blumenthal, Thune, Fetterman, Ben Cardin and Jeanne Shaheen criticized the ICC for its actions concerning democratically-elected leaders.