{"id":3591,"date":"2018-01-05T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/?page_id=3591"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:57:09","slug":"axios-biden-faces-new-break-with-pro-israel-democrats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/axios-biden-faces-new-break-with-pro-israel-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"AXIOS: Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-1067x600.webp 1067w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-916x515.webp 916w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer-718x404.webp 718w, https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gottheimer.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Rep. Josh Gottheimer. Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/authors\/asolender\">Andrew Solender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/31\/biden-israel-icc-sanctions-democrats-letter\">Axios<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of 19 pro-Israel House Democrats is pushing back on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/28\/white-house-opposes-icc-sanctions-congress\">White House&#8217;s opposition<\/a>&nbsp;to sanctions against the International Criminal Court for its top prosecutor&#8217;s decision to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/20\/icc-arrest-warrant-netanyahu-hamas-gaza-yahya-sinwar\">seek arrest warrants<\/a>&nbsp;against senior Israeli officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters:&nbsp;<\/strong>It&#8217;s another split between Biden and his party&#8217;s moderate, pro-Israel wing which could bubble up to the surface next week as Republicans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rules.house.gov\/bill\/118\/hr-8282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prepare a vote on ICC sanctions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Driving the news:&nbsp;<\/strong>In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24709025-file_2767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the lawmakers, led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), said they are &#8220;deeply outraged&#8221; by the ICC&#8217;s arrest warrant application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;We urge the Administration to consult with Congress to immediately impose sanctions against the ICC&#8217;s Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan and any other officials who have demonstrated undue bias in their actions,&#8221; they wrote.<\/li><li>The letter, first reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2024\/05\/icc-sanctions-arrest-warrants-house-democrats-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jewish Insider<\/a>, was signed by 19 Democrats and six Republicans.<\/li><li>The Treasury and State Departments did not immediately respond to Axios&#8217; requests for comment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The backdrop:&nbsp;<\/strong>The letter comes after White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday that sanctions are &#8220;not the right answer&#8221; to respond to the ICC&#8217;s prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said sanctions &#8220;are not an effective or appropriate tool&#8221; and that the administration &#8220;will work with Congress on other options to address the ICC overreach.&#8221;<\/li><li>The statements were met with harsh criticism from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had been pushing for sanctions.<\/li><li>A bipartisan Senate group is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/23\/scoop-negotiators-eye-curbing-support-to-icc-amid-sanctions-split\">looking at alternatives to sanctions<\/a>, such as decreasing U.S. support for some ICC programs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What to watch:&nbsp;<\/strong>The letter signals that next week&#8217;s sanctions vote is likely to result in another split between some pro-Israel Democrats and the rest of their party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It&#8217;s a divide that has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/16\/biden-israel-weapon-shipment-house-republicans\">often been on display<\/a>&nbsp;since the Oct. 7 attack, with Republicans repeatedly holding votes on Israel and antisemitism-related bills that the White House and Democratic leadership oppose.<\/li><li>It is unclear whether the administration or Democratic leadership will whip against the sanctions bill \u2013&nbsp;as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/14\/democrats-republican-israel-weapons-bill\">they did last week<\/a>&nbsp;with a bill to force the shipment of weapons to Israel.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Solender, Axios A group of 19 pro-Israel House Democrats is pushing back on the&nbsp;White House&#8217;s opposition&nbsp;to sanctions against the International Criminal Court for its top prosecutor&#8217;s decision to&nbsp;seek arrest warrants&nbsp;against senior Israeli officials. Why it matters:&nbsp;It&#8217;s another split between Biden and his party&#8217;s moderate, pro-Israel wing which could bubble up to the surface&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/axios-biden-faces-new-break-with-pro-israel-democrats\/\" class=\"more-link\">more <span class=\"sr-only screen-reader-text\">AXIOS: Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3592,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3591","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AXIOS: Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats - Jewish Political Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/axios-biden-faces-new-break-with-pro-israel-democrats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AXIOS: Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats - Jewish Political Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Andrew Solender, Axios A group of 19 pro-Israel House Democrats is pushing back on the&nbsp;White House&#8217;s opposition&nbsp;to sanctions against the International Criminal Court for its top prosecutor&#8217;s decision to&nbsp;seek arrest warrants&nbsp;against senior Israeli officials. 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