U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to advance a bill passed by the House of Representatives to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.

“The ICC has acted in the most absurd and irresponsible manner by issuing arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and former defense minister, while a serious cloud of allegations hangs over the prosecutor who applied for these warrants,” he said. “The Court is a dangerous joke... Calling for an independent investigation into the prosecutor's misconduct one day and issuing an arrest warrant based on his work product the next is an affront to any sense of fairness and the rule of law.”