Sen. Bernie Sanders agreed with the ICC prosecutor Monday afternoon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Sanders also said that in the last several years, ICC issued arrest warrants for multiple political leaders who violated human rights laws and international war policies, including Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Ukraine invasion and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar for the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel.
Now included on that list is Netanyahu, "who, in response, has waged an unprecedented war of destruction against the entire Palestinian people, which has killed or injured more than 5 percent of the population."
ICC REQUESTS ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU, HAMAS LEADERS OVER ‘WAR CRIMES’
Israeli soldiers gather in southern Israel before they enter Gaza, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Meanwhile, House GOP lawmakers called the ICC's petition for arrest warrants "a gift to terrorists around the globe."
"The ICC's decision to equate Israel with Hamas as a war criminal is a gift to terrorists around the globe and a slap in the face to the only free-standing democracy in the Middle East," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 House GOP lawmaker, told Fox News Digital. "There is no comparison between the deliberate killing, raping, and torturing of thousands of innocent civilians and those who are rightfully defending themselves against it."
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement, "In the absence of leadership from the White House, Congress is reviewing all options, including sanctions, to punish the ICC and ensure its leadership faces consequences if they proceed. If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders, ours could be next."
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman and Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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