The US House of Representatives approved the sanctions bill against the ICC

The House of Representatives of the US Congress has approved a bill that will allow Washington to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the investigations conducted against the US and its allies, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to "Armenpress", Axios The news platform reports that 247 lawmakers voted in favor of the document, 155 voted against it. The text of the bill submitted by the Republicans emphasizes that the Washington administration should impose sanctions against the ICC if this body tries to conduct an investigation, arrest, detain. or prosecute any person under protection. This category includes Americans, including the military, anyone who works for the US government, citizens of Washington's allied countries if those countries do not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. Being on the sanctions list means denial of visas, freezing of assets in the US and US a ban on citizens and companies doing business with individuals on the sanctions list. In May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied to the Pre-Trial Chamber to obtain arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's Defense Minister Yoav Galant, as well as three senior officials of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas, stating , that there are reasonable grounds to believe that they are responsible for "war crimes and crimes against humanity."