Democrats block bill to sanction ICC over Israel
US Senate Democrats voted to block the advancement of legislation which would impose a sanction on those involved with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecuting Israeli leaders over war crimes, The New Arab via Reuters reported on January 29th.
At 54-45, the final vote lacked the 60 votes required for the bill to advance. The only democrat to vote for the bill to be advanced was John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. After the vote, Fetterman said on social media that he was “deeply disappointed by the outcome of the ICC sanctions bill.”
Fetterman added: “My vote follows Israel—not the ICC that equivocated the democratically elected leader of our special ally to the terrorists and rapists of Hamas.”
The New Arab via Reuters
