Republicans warn ICC prosecutor: If you target Israel, we'll target you

It's too bad they didn't do it for former President Donald Trump in his current case, but a dozen Republican senators on Monday warned the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan not to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, just a few days after Khan cautioned against attempting to sway the court.

That was red meat for the senators led by Tom Cotton (R-AR) who said in a letter, "Target Israel, and we will target you. Such actions are illegitimate and lack legal basis, and, if carried out, will result in severe sanctions against you and your institution.”

Sens. Mitch McConnell (minority leader), Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio also signed the letter, amid increasing concern in Israel that the Muslim-dominated UN court could issue arrest warrants for senior political and military officials over their defense of Hamas in Gaza after they invaded Israel. Rather than allowing Hamas to continue killing Israelis, Israel fought back and killed Hamas terrorists, and did so with aplomb. 

But as the war approaches seven months, the ICC is looking to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi.

While the US and Israel officials tried to dissuade the ICC from issuing arrest orders, Khan said the ICC "welcomes open communication" with government officials and non-government bodies, but they will only engage with them if they stick to the script, that is, as long as it's “consistent with its mandate under the Rome Statute to act independently and impartially.”

“That independence and impartiality are undermined, however, when individuals threaten to retaliate… should the office, in fulfillment of its mandate, make decisions about investigations or cases falling within its jurisdiction,” he added, demanding that “all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials cease immediately.”

In spite of the symbolic crotch-protecting and shoulder rolling by the ICC, the senators wrote that the ICC “is attempting to punish Israel for taking legitimate actions of self-defense against their Iranian-backed aggressors. In fact, in your own words, you witnessed ‘scenes of calculated cruelty’ conducted by Hamas in Israel following the October 7 attacks.”

Khan, who is no fan of the, you know, Jews, visited the Jewish State last December at the request of the families of the hostages Hamas kidnapped on October 7. During his visit, he toured some of the communities  the terrorist scumbags attacked during the October 7 massacre of the innocent. He saw Kibbutz Be'eri and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, among others, and heard testimonies from survivors of the Hamas slaughter of men, women, children and babies. 

“These arrest warrants would align the ICC with the largest state sponsor of terrorism and its proxy. To be clear, there is no moral equivalence between Hamas’s terrorism and Israel’s justified response,” the senators wrote.

The mere fact that Khan and the ICC is even considering to arrest these Israeli leaders, is without doubt of their alignment and anti-Semitism.

It's only the Jews that are judged by a different standard.

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