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[–] jordanlund 63 points 5 months ago (44 children)

You know Biden is not part of the House and the House is run by Republicans, right?

[–] Linkerbaan 48 points 5 months ago (21 children)

Biden denounces ICC for ‘outrageous’ implication of equivalence between Israel and Hamas

The Biden administration on Monday forcefully denounced efforts by the International Criminal Court to seek arrest warrants for top Israeli officials and Hamas leaders, saying the court’s efforts put the terrorist organization and a top US ally on equivalent footing.

[–] BrokenGlepnir 18 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Denouncing is different from state sanctions. How biden has implicated that he opposes this bill according to the BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm5512l7yero

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In the interest of learning, the ICC is not a state actor, so what exactly is the difference in this case?

EDIT: The sanction is actual travel and economic restrictions on members of the ICC. "Denounce" is the typical posturing. For those who care...

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