Senator Thune’s First Case

The incoming majority leader in the upper house vows to step up where Chuck Schumer wouldn’t act in defense of Israel.

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Senate Thune meets with reporters after he was elected to succeed longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, at the Capitol, November 13, 2024. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The International Criminal Court’s call to arrest Jerusalem leaders on flimsy war crime allegations will sooner or later come to haunt America. Like Israel, America is not a member of The Hague-based venue and therefore outside its jurisdiction. So why would the Senate majority leader, Charles Schumer, block legislation to sanction the ICC and its officials? The incoming majority leader, John Thune, is now on the case, and not a moment too soon. 

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