Poland has ensured that Israel's leader could attend events marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz despite an ICC arrest warrant, thought he's not expected.

The bill which will impose the sanction is called the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” and was passed by the lawmakers by an overwhelming majority

Legislation imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court is expected to pass the House on Thursday with bipartisan support, but it remains unclear whether it can pick up sufficient Democratic backing in the Senate to meet the 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber.

The ICC is actually equating Israel and Hamas, even as Hamas still holds Israelis and American hostages. It is just absurd,” the House Speaker said.

Republicans want to sanction the ICC simply because they don’t want the rules to apply to everyone,” one lawmaker said.

The vote was 243 to 140 in favour of the "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act," which would sanction any foreigner who investigates, arrests, detains or prosecutes US citizens or those of an allied country, including Israel, who are not members of the court.

Poland's president asked the government to ensure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can choose to attend the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp without fear of arrest under an ICC warrant,

As I’ve written elsewhere, something similar is happening at the International Court of Justice. Over there, the expanded legal definition of genocide and very low threshold of evidence required for the court to order temporary measures has created another prestigious legal forum friendly to Israel’s foes.

The US House have voted for the second time to sanction individuals working for the International Criminal Court related to charges against Israeli officials.

Suddenly, Yoav Gallant, Israel's notorious Minister of Defense, disappeared into obscurity. The man who served in his country's military for about 35

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