WTH is the International Criminal Court Prosecuting Netanyahu and Threatening Congress? Senator Tom Cotton Explains

This week, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim A.A.
Khan, K.C., announced on CNN that he will seek arrest warrants
for Israel’s democratically elected Prime Minister and Defense
Minister, as well as three members of Hamas leadership because of
“crimes against humanity” related to October 7 and the subsequent
Israel-Hamas war. Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute that
underpins the ICC, which therefore has no legal jurisdiction in
Israel. The ICC has admitted a “State of Palestine,” which
theoretically grants jurisdiction over actions in “Palestine” and
over Hamas figures. How should Washington respond to the ICC’s
extrajudicial investigation? And how will the ICC’s announcement
affect its global standing?


Tom Cotton is a United States Senator from Arkansas. Senator
Cotton’s committees include the Judiciary Committee, where he
serves as the Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Criminal
Justice and Counterterrorism, the Intelligence Committee, and the
Armed Services Committee, where he serves as the Ranking Member
of the Air Land Power Subcommittee. Before joining the Senate,
Senator Cotton was a member of the House of Representatives and
served on active duty in the United States Army as an Infantry
Officer.


Read the transcript here.


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