Duval Times

U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) recently led a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to oppose the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) attempts to politically target Israel. The senators called for a swift and strong response should the ICC proceed with arrest warrants.

This action follows reports that the ICC has sought arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. In response, Rubio and Rosen issued a joint statement: “We are outraged by this shameful political move by the ICC, which seeks to undermine Israel as it defends itself after Hamas’s brutal October 7th terrorist attack. We’re deeply concerned about the impacts this decision will have on current hostage negotiations and the dangerous precedent this sets given that the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel. As we emphasized in our letter to President Biden, ‘the President is granted broad authorities to respond to these types of actions by the ICC.’ We now join together to call on him to take swift and forceful action in response to this attack on our democratic ally.”