(Ha'aretz) Ben Samuels - Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are circulating a letter calling on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take a stronger stance against the International Criminal Court's potential probe into Israeli war crimes. They say "the Court's recent actions regarding the 'Situation in Palestine' have inappropriately infused politics into the judicial process" and that "the ICC does not have legitimate territorial jurisdiction in this case." "The ICC's mandate should not supersede Israel's robust judicial system, including its military justice system" and "it is not within the authority of the ICC to accept or deny any party's claims to these disputed territories." Moreover, "this unprecedented action by the ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber unfairly targets Israel, biases any subsequent investigation or trial, and hinders the path towards regional peace."
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