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A dozen Republican senators on Monday sent a letter warning International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan not to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, days after the British lawyer cautioned against efforts to try to sway the court. […] “Target Israel, and we will target you,” the senators, led by Sen. Tom Cotton, warned in the letter.

A dozen Republican senators on Monday sent a letter warning International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan not to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, days after the British lawyer cautioned against efforts to try to sway the court. […] “Target Israel, and we will target you,” the senators, led by Sen. Tom Cotton, warned in the letter.

Jacob Magid (Jewish journalist) “Republican senators warn ICC prosecutor: Target Israel, and we will target you”, The Times of Israel, 2024 (Just one month later, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court over its prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli officials related to the war in Gaza)