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Human rights defenders on Tuesday decried the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of a bill that would sanction International Criminal Court officials over the Hague tribunal's pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders—legislation critics warned would undermine the court's independence and could be weaponized to silence Americans' free speech.

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[–] Obonga@feddit.de 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Get your fucking shit together U.S. First you play world police and the next moment you spiral into authoritarianism. EU also does not get its shit together. We are fucked aren't we?

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 5 points 5 months ago

Many of us can't take a day off work without fear of losing the roof over our heads, we ain't got time or energy to fight, and that's by design.

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 14 points 5 months ago

This is fucked. The pro-Israel lobby is out of control.

Israel is a failed experiment and should’ve been stopped 60 years ago.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

AIPAC has very deep pockets.