{"id":2250333,"date":"2024-05-22T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-secretary-of-state-blinken-signals-administration-will-support-push-to-sanction-the-icc\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:34:27","slug":"bidens-secretary-of-state-blinken-signals-administration-will-support-push-to-sanction-the-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-secretary-of-state-blinken-signals-administration-will-support-push-to-sanction-the-icc\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken indicates Biden&#8217;s support for ICC sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-secretary-of-state-blinken-signals-administration-will-support-push-to-sanction-the-icc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250333&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2062discusses Congressional concern over the ICC&#8217;s intent to\u2063 arrest Israeli and Hamas leaders, with potential Biden administration support. International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks warrants \u2063against key figures. Bipartisan efforts on \u2062ICC sanctions are being explored, influenced by recent events and past actions by the Trump administration. \u200cNetanyahu rejects allegations made by Khan.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 22, 2024 at 7:48am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Congressional fury over the International Criminal Court\u2019s call for arresting Israeli leaders, as well as those of Hamas, could have the support of the Biden administration, which in its early days removed sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywood-stars-wife-played-key-role-international-criminal-courts-arrest-warrant-israeli-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrest warrants<\/a> against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/netanyahu-refuses-blink-bidens-weapons-threat-will-stand-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netanyahu<\/a>, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three senior Hamas leaders, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/22\/icc-sanctions-congress-biden-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the absence of leadership from the White House, Congress is reviewing all options, including sanctions, to punish the ICC and ensure its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-weighs-punishing-icc-for-seeking-arrest-warrants-for-israeli-officials\/\" title=\"House Republicans consider taking action against the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials\">leadership faces consequences<\/a> if they proceed.\u00a0If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders, ours could be next,\u201d House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-throws-support-behind-speaker-mike-johnson-amid-marjorie-taylor-greenes-removal-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> said Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/21\/politics\/blinken-congress-penalize-international-criminal-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have indicated they are willing to bring Democrats on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am talking with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with the administration to see if there could be bipartisan support for an ICC sanctions bill,\u201d House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said in response, according to Axios.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018GOING ROGUE\u2019: Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC?\">@LindseyGrahamSC<\/a> (R-SC) blasts the ICC\u2019s \u201coutrageous decision\u201d to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, arguing it\u2019s \u201cone of the largest moral outrages in the name of the Rule of Law in modern times.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hxSj5B2gFI\">pic.twitter.com\/hxSj5B2gFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1792708043559317709?\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-takes-possession-lindsey-grahams-phone-gets-strange-message-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> of South Carolina told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Biden administration needs to get on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to take actions, not just words,\u201d Graham said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/us\/2024\/0522\/1450525-blinken-icc-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RTE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should America sanction the ICC?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWill you support the bipartisan effort to sanction the ICC, not only for the outrage against Israel but to protect in the future our own interest?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome working with you on that,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the events of yesterday, I think we have to look at the appropriate steps to take to deal with again, what is a profoundly wrongheaded decision,\u201d Blinken said, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The ICC crossed swords with the Trump administration in 2020 when it kicked off an investigation into whether Americans committed war crimes in Afghanistan, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/blinken-says-hell-work-with-us-congress-respond-icc-move-gaza-2024-05-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-sanctions-cost-iran-billions-obama-gave-nuclear-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> hit ICC officials with asset freezes and travel bans.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden ended the sanctions in April 2021, at which time Blinken called them \u201cinappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/hit-job-icc-prosecutor-seeking-arrest-warrants-israeli\/story?id=110425826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>, Netanyahu rejected the allegations, in which Khan claimed Israel was intentionally starving civilians, causing great suffering and committing \u201cinhumane acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe submit that the crimes against humanity charged were committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population pursuant to State policy,\u201d Khan said in a statement. \u201cThese crimes, in our assessment, continue to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu said Khan has it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are supplying now nearly half of the water of Gaza. We supplied only 7 percent before the war. This is completely opposite of what he\u2019s saying. He\u2019s saying we\u2019re starving people?\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cWe have supplied half million tons of food and medicine with 20,000 trucks. This guy is out to demonize Israel. He\u2019s doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-defense-team-slams-impeachment-trial-as-political-vengeance-by-democrats\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s defense team slams impeachment trial as \u2018political vengeance\u2019 by Democrats\">hit job<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Israel\u2019s policy is \u201cto allow maximum humanitarian aid to get people out of harm\u2019s way, while Hamas is doing everything to keep them in harm\u2019s way at gunpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu said a good life for the people of Gaza only comes when Hamas is defeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is peace and stability and prosperity only through victory. The road to peace goes through victory over Hamas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to fight back hard, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22, 2024, at 7:48 am, Jack Davis reported Congressional outrage regarding the ICC&#8217;s call to arrest Israeli and Hamas leaders. The Biden administration may back this despite lifting Trump-era sanctions earlier on. 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