‘Target Israel And We Will Target You’: GOP Senators Threaten International Criminal Court With Sanctions

By Joseph Konig\Spectrum News Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons Twelve Republican U.S. senators, including two vice presidential hopefuls and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., signed a letter threatening International Criminal Court officials and their family members with sanctions and other penalties if they move forward with international arrest warrants against Israeli leaders over the war in Gaza. “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,” read the April 24 letter made public on Monday. “You have been warned.” The letter to ICC chief prosecutor Kraim Khan was led by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and McConnell and signed by Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Katie Britt, R-Ala., Ted Budd, R-N.C., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Tim Scott, R-S.C. Rubio and Tim Scott are widely considered to be possible running mate picks by former President Donald Trump. Khan’s office did not immediately return a request for comment, but denounced attempts to intimidate it...