Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, blocked a Republican-led bill on Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over alleged war crimes.
The legislation, which passed the House earlier this year with the support of 42 Democrats, fell short of the 60 votes needed in the Senate to advance, with only Sen. John Fetterman breaking party ranks to vote alongside Republicans.
Schumer, who has often referred to himself as a “Shomer Yisroel,” drew sharp criticism for his opposition to the bill and acting more like a “Shomer Yishmoel,” prioritizing those who seek to undermine Israel over the Jewish state itself. Schumer lousily defended the move, claiming the bill was “poorly drafted” and would “undermine its primary goal.”
The proposed sanctions would target ICC officials involved in investigations or prosecutions of U.S. or allied officials, including revoking visas, blocking entry to the U.S., and freezing financial transactions. Republicans, including sponsors Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), argued the ICC’s actions against Israel are illegitimate and pose a significant threat to U.S. sovereignty and allied nations.
Despite the measure’s narrow focus on protecting U.S. and Israeli officials, Senate Democrats claimed the bill’s language was overly broad and could unintentionally harm American companies providing services to the ICC. Critics countered that these objections were baseless and a thinly veiled excuse to avoid supporting Israel during a critical time in the Gaza conflict.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, argued that the bill could “harden the court’s position” and damage U.S. interests. However, her attempts to negotiate changes with Cotton were reportedly dismissed, with the Republican senator maintaining that the bill’s scope was appropriate.
The vote has exposed deep divisions within the Democratic Party on issues related to Israel. While 45 House Democrats supported the legislation when it was reintroduced earlier this month, Senate Democrats have taken a markedly different stance, signaling growing tension over the party’s approach to Israel and the ongoing Gaza conflict.
Republicans blasted the decision, with many accusing Democrats of abandoning Israel. “This isn’t about protecting American or Israeli officials; it’s about Democrats pandering to their extreme left base while turning their backs on one of our greatest allies,” Rep. Roy said.
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There were Kapos in Mitzraim. There were Kapos in Germany. There are Kapos in America. At least the Kapos in Mitzraim and Germany can (genuinely) claim that they were forced. Not this pompous Rasha.
The Democrats have decided that WOKE is the way to go, and by WOKE theory, Jews need to be cancelled. Assimilated Jews like Schumer are in a bind, since they’ll have to agree to disappear from politics (at best) or change parties (or get together with the non-MAGA Republicans to for a new party based on a RINO-DINO coalition.
But I thought the Republicans now have a majority in the Senate without any Democrats?
You have to respect John fetterman though
What do you expect pig-headed shameless pig eating democ…JudenRAT?
John Fetterman is surely getting some of his heavenly portion
Kinsler,
There were kapos in mitzrayim? Where do you know that from?
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/why-jews-are-quitting-the-democratic-party
This is not about pandering to the left, or any other such political nonsense. This is about POWER. Schumer no longer has the keys to the restroom, so to speak, so he is exercising power just to show that he can. He wants republicans to recognize his CONTROL
kinsler- the sarei misim became the zekeinim for refusing to beat yidden and taking the beating in their place
ido- as the article says bills need 60 votes to pass in the senate
Kinsler: We always have a choice. My father’s family had a neighbor during the war whose teenaged son was offered to be a policeman in the local ghetto. The boy’s pious mother forbade him from doing so, saying, “Don’t you dare do such a thing to your own people.” Both the boy and his mother ע”ה הי”ד were eventually murdered by the Germans יש”ו שר”י. There were countless such cases where Jews gave their own lives rather than hurt their brethren. Again: We always have a choice.
Howcome no other pro Israel senator found that the bill as drafted would undermine its primary goal, not even one.. only chuck shomer Yisroel Schumer the disgrace
There was erev rav, hellenists, tsidukim, yvsektsia and these meshumodim, but they’ll return bezh soon soon halevai omein
Schumer name does not come from rhe word guardian in hebrew. It comes from the word schumer in German which means worthless vagabond
Can we once and for all – come out in full force and unequivocally state to Schumer that he no longer represents us as Jews- be us the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations? What about the leaders of the OU, Young Israel, Aguda, etc? I understand as 501c3 organizations they’re blocked on the organizational level from politics but as private citizens why are the leaders quiet?
sanctions aren’t the most effective way of pushing back against the corrupt shenanigans of the icc. their payoffs don’t need to go through us banks, and not travelling through the us isn’t a terrible hardship. there must be a more effective tool.
Schumer Yishmael is turning into the next bernie sanders.
Charles Schumer, Bernie Sanders and George Soros are partners.