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US House votes to advance bill to sanction ICC over Israel arrest warrants

In May, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan announced he was seeking arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]

The United States House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

Legislators in the lower chamber of the US Congress passed the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” by an overwhelming margin, 243 to 140, on Thursday in a signal of strong support for Israel.

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