The South Carolina Republican threatened sanctions against those who help the ICC against Israel and the USA that would impact economies in those countries.
FOX NEWS -- Friday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham had a stern warning for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and anyone else willing to help a “rogue” International Criminal Court (ICC) as a nation enforce an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
GRAHAM: And you know, Israel’s in a fight for his very life. The Jewish state is under siege from Hamas and Gaza, Hezbollah and Lebanon. Iran has directly attacked Israel. And we live in an upside down world where the prime minister of Israel and the defense minister of Israel are being prosecuted by a court in Belgium. Now, let me say this, the court ruled that Gaza is a state.
No, there is no Palestinian state under international law. So that’s the first saying they got wrong. And Israel is not a member of the International Criminal Court, nor are we. In 1998, I fought the idea that we would join the International Criminal Court. Why? Sovereignty.