'Squad' member Rep. Tlaib calls for Netanyahu's arrest; GOP senators warn ICC of serious repercussions

"Squad" subordinate Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., called for the apprehension of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and different elder officials successful Israel for what she called violations of the Genocide Convention nether planetary law.

In a property merchandise connected Tuesday, Tlaib called retired the authorities of Israel for its crushed penetration of Rafah, linking the U.S. to the onslaught due to the fact that of backing it provided.

"It’s nary coincidence that instantly aft our authorities sent the Israeli apartheid authorities implicit $14 cardinal with perfectly nary conditions connected upholding quality rights, Netanyahu began a crushed penetration of Rafah to proceed the genocide of Palestinians — with ammunition and bombs paid for by our taxation dollars," she said. "Over 1.5 cardinal Palestinian civilians, including implicit 600,000 children, are trapped successful Rafah, surviving successful makeshift tents, without food, cleanable water, sanitation, medicine, oregon immoderate signifier of shelter."

Tlaib accused Israeli forces of sidesplitting implicit 35,000 Palestinians and displacing families successful Rafah, exposing them to much "unimaginable quality suffering."

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., called for the apprehension of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Tuesday. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

She besides warned her constituents successful the merchandise that galore of her colleagues would explicit interest implicit the "crimes against humanity" successful Rafah, adjacent though the aforesaid colleagues voted successful favour of giving Netanyahu the means to bash so.

"Do not beryllium misled, they gave their consent for these atrocities, and our state is actively participating successful genocide," Tlaib said. "For months, Netanyahu made his intent to invade Rafah clear, yet the bulk of my colleagues and President Biden sent much weapons to alteration the massacre."

She claimed Netanyahu volition lone enactment successful powerfulness arsenic agelong arsenic warring continues, adding that the U.S. indispensable halt backing Israel.

"It is present much evident than ever that we indispensable extremity each U.S. subject backing for the Israeli apartheid regime, and request that President Biden facilitate an immediate, imperishable ceasefire that includes a implicit withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and the merchandise of each hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians," Tlaib wrote. "I impulse the ICC [International Criminal Court] to swiftly contented apprehension warrants for Netanyahu and elder Israeli officials to yet clasp them accountable for this genocide, arsenic is evidently warranted by these well-documented violations of the Genocide Convention nether planetary law."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a furniture gathering astatine the Defence Ministry successful Tel Aviv, Israel. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo)

Tlaib’s office did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for remark connected whether Hamas leaders liable for the atrocities successful Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, should besides beryllium held accountable for their actions and arrested.

Despite the "Squad" member’s petition for action, 12 U.S. senators warned Karim A. A. Khan, the authoritative for the IC, that immoderate actions against Netanyahu and different Israeli officials would effect successful terrible sanctions.

In a missive obtained by Fox News Digital, the 12 senators, led by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told Khan the apprehension of Netanyahu would not lone beryllium illegitimate, but besides lacked a ineligible basis.

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"The ICC is attempting to punish Israel for taking morganatic actions of self-defense against their Iranian-backed aggressors. In fact, successful your ain words, you witnessed ‘scenes of calculated cruelty’ conducted by Hamas successful Israel pursuing the October 7 attacks," the missive read. "These apprehension warrants would align the ICC with the largest authorities sponsor of coercion and its proxy. To beryllium clear, determination is nary motivation equivalence betwixt Hamas's coercion and Israel's justified response."

The missive besides advised Khan that the ICC is prohibited from proceeding successful immoderate lawsuit unless the applicable authorities is consenting oregon incapable to constabulary themselves.

"By issuing warrants, you would beryllium calling into question the legitimacy of Israel’s laws, ineligible system, and antiauthoritarian signifier of government," the missive stated. "Issuing apprehension warrants for the leaders of Israel would not lone beryllium unjustified, it would exposure your organization’s hypocrisy and treble standards."

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Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court main prosecutor, speaks during a quality league astatine the Ministry of Justice. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)

The senators told Khan his bureau had not issued warrants for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei oregon immoderate different Iranian official; Syrian President Bashar al Assad oregon immoderate different Syrian official; Hamas person Ismail Haniyeh oregon immoderate different Hamas official; nor General Secretary of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, oregon immoderate different Chinese official.

The missive besides reminded Khan that neither the U.S. nor Israel are members of the ICC, and immoderate enactment against them is extracurricular the organization’s jurisdiction. 

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"If you contented a warrant for the apprehension of the Israeli leadership, we volition construe this not lone arsenic a menace to Israel’s sovereignty but to the sovereignty of the United States," the senators said. "The United States volition not tolerate politicized attacks by the ICC connected our allies. Target Israel and we volition people you."

The missive warned that immoderate enactment against either state would effect successful the extremity of each American enactment for the ICC, sanctioning of ICC employees and associates, and barring Khan and his household from the U.S.