Mike Johnson says US should ‘punish’ ICC for requesting Israel arrest warrants

America should punish the iccc and put Kareem Khan back in his place and if the ICC is allowed to threaten Israel’s leaders we know that America will be next there is a reason that we’ve never endorsed the international criminal court because it is a direct afront to our own sovereignty we don’t put any International body among among or above American sovereignty and and Israel does that doesn’t do that either uh Congress is reviewing all of our options right now we have some very aggressive uh legislation that we’re going to push as um as quickly as possible uh it will impose sanctions uh and if the ICC moves forward with its absurd warrant arrest or or request um this will uh this is going to be an even bigger International problem

The US house speaker, Mike Johnson, has said the US should ‘punish the ICC and put Karim Khan back in his place’ after the ICC chief prosecutor put out a request for arrest warrants for Israel’s leaders over the way its army has conducted its war in Gaza.
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Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Johnson said: ‘If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israel’s leaders, we know that America will be next,’ adding: ‘We have some very aggressive legislation that we’re going to push as quickly as possible. It will impose sanctions’

Blinken willing to work with Congress on potential sanctions against ICC ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/21/blinken-icc-court-prosecutor-warrant-netanyahu

The Guardian view on the ICC: undermining this court undermines international standards ► https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-icc-undermining-this-court-undermines-international-standards

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42 comments

  4. House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson received $95,000 from AIPAC (a pro-Israel lobby group) back in November 2023. This group was the top donor for Rep. Mike Johnson in 2023, injecting cash into his campaign right after orchestrating the approval of a $14 billion aid package for Israel.

    He got his money from AIPAC, and he’s FedEx-ing U.S taxpayers money straight to Israel. That’s the kind of sinister puppetry that even makes the International Criminal Court cringe.

    He wants to punish the International Criminal Court so that his daddy "AIPAC" continues to flow its cash to him.

  5. And to think this calm, collected, devil is the speaker of the House. We are doomed if we don't start selecting our politicians wisely. The first criteria should be making sure that their loyalty doesn't lie with a foreign government.

  8. How is this legal? The I literally means International. It’s not “who we want the ICC to prosecute”. No one is above the law. The ICC and ICJ needs to follow through and arrest those Israeli scumbags.

  10. 'Axios' and 'OSINTdefender' Reported:

    "Brett McGurk, Biden’s Security Council Coordinator has reportedly been holding Secret Indirect Negotiations in the Omani with Ali Bagheri Kani, now Minister of Foreign Affairs (following the Death on Amir-Abdollahian on May 19).

    – The talks focused on three subjects: a shared desire for a change in government in Israel; ending Israel’s war on Gaza; and preventing the conflict from spreading elsewhere in the region."

  11. Cant believe anyone would vote for such a person who has very low morals. Is he getting paid for this and by whom. These people should declare who they are taking money from before speaking.

  16. They were happy when they said putin should be arrested jokes they are hypocrites just shows most there politicians have been bought out by Israel

  17. People like Mike Johnson have an incurable case of American exceptionalism he really does believe any action by the US or it's allie's is by definition lawful.

  27. The ICC is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant along with Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohamed Deif.

    The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include "causing extermination, using starvation as a method of war by denying humanitarian relief supplies, and deliberately targeting civilians in conflict,"

  34. So why do we need ICC or international law? the US is just going around doing whatever it wants slamming the law against the wall and giving the middle finger to the entire planet.

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