On Thursday, House members voted 243-140 in favor of the bill introduced by Republican Rep. Chip Roy and Rep. Brian Mast, according to Press TV.
The bill, currently before the Republican-controlled Senate, states that warrants against Israeli officials should be “condemned in the strongest possible terms.”
It also calls for court sanctions against “any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute protected persons of the United States and its allies.” Sanctions include banning U.S. real estate transactions and blocking and revoking visas.
Last year, the Hague-based ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former military minister Yoav Gallant on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza.
In response, the House of Representatives passed an ICC sanctions bill, but the Senate, which was controlled by Democrats at the time, failed to bring it to a vote. Thursday’s vote marks the second time the chamber has voted in favor of a pro-Israel bill.
Israel launched a brutal attack on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a surprise operation against the extortion group in retaliation for escalating atrocities against the Palestinian people.
So far, the criminal regime has killed at least 46,006 Palestinians, including at least women and children, and injured 109,378 others in the besieged areas.
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