The Hague-based court is “a dangerous joke” and must be restricted, Senator Lindsey Graham has said
US Senator Lindsey Graham has called for Washington to slap sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
On Thursday, The Hague-based body accused Netanyahu and Gallant of “crimes against humanity” allegedly committed during Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza. ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan also announced similar charges against Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif. The Israeli authorities claimed that Deif had been killed in an airstrike in July.
In a post on X later in the day, Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina who is an ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, wrote that the ICC “acted in the most absurd and irresponsible manner possible” by going after the Israeli…
