WASHINGTON—With the strong support and vote of Congressman Chris Smith the House of Representatives passed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its rampant antisemitism and abuse of power, especially since the brutal attack by Hamas terrorists on innocent Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023.
“The Senate should immediately pass this critical legislation,” said Smith in urging quick passage of the bill in the upper house. “The ICC is a rogue actor on the world stage, and the United States must have a more effective long-term approach for how to respond to it.”
The House vote came less than two months after the ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—which Smith called “a grotesquely bad decision by a court that is corrupted by blatant antisemitism.”
“The ICC’s actions support Hamas’ explicitly antisemitic and genocidal campaign of terror against Israel, and Congress must respond in the most forceful way possible,” he said.
Similar legislation to sanction the ICC passed the House last June but was never taken up by the Democrat-controlled Senate. With a new Republican-controlled Senate, Smith said he hopes this time will be different. “It is long past time the United States held international organizations accountable for their antisemitism and their corruption.”
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