Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this past November, in an extraordinary and illegitimate move, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court's decision was troubling on multiple levels. First, the International Criminal Court, or ICC, has no jurisdiction over Israel or its citizens. Neither Israel nor the United States is a party to the treaty establishing the court, and thus the court has zero authority over Israel or its leaders. Second, the court's clear suggestion of moral equivalence between the Government of Israel and the Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel and oppress their own people is beyond the pale. Israel wages war against terrorists; Hamas wages war against innocents. The only reason Israel has been waging war against Hamas is because Hamas chose to launch a massive attack on innocent civilians that resulted in 1,200 deaths and the taking of approximately 250 hostages, more than 80 of whom are still in captivity today. When it emerged last year that the ICC was planning to seek warrants for Israeli officials, a Republican-controlled House of Representatives brought up legislation to sanction those responsible at the ICC. Forty- two Democrats voted for it, but the legislation was dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate, with the Democrat leader refusing to bring it up for a vote.…”