A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders on war crimes charges is dismissing a letter by some U.S. lawmakers who threatened to sanction him and other involved parties over their targeting of Israeli officials, according to a report by Breitbart:
“During an interview aired on Monday’s edition of CNN International’s ‘Amanpour,’ International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan reacted to threats from some Senate Republicans to end American support for the ICC, sanction the court’s employees and associates, and bar them and their families from the U.S. if they go after Israel by stating that ‘there [are] hotheads everywhere,’ but ‘The good news is, I think, for the last two-and-a-half years, we’ve had very positive engagement with the Biden administration in the United States.’
“Host Christiane Amanpour asked, ‘Recently, when word came out that this may be happening at some point, U.S. senators and U.S. congresspeople, mostly Republicans, wrote you a letter signed by Sen[s]. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and others. This is the quote, ‘Target Israel and we will target you. If you move forward with the measures indicated in the report, we will move to end all American support for the ICC, sanction your employees and associates, and bar you and your families from the United States. You have been warned.’ Is that a threat?’
“Khan answered, ‘I think that’s the plain meaning of it in English. But there [are] hotheads everywhere, and there [are] people that are mature statesmen and stateswomen and leaders. There are those that have fidelity to something greater than themselves, whether it’s their constitutions, but ultimately, it’s the rule of law. The good news is, I think, for the last two-and-a-half years, we’ve had very positive engagement with the Biden administration in the United States.'”
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