Lindsey Graham: 'Here's My Question' To Spain, Norway And Ireland For Recognizing Palestinian State

this s from South Carolina thank you very much uh to kind of continue on the theme of U my good friend from North Carolina apparently today or yesterday the countries of Ireland Spain and Norway recognized a Palestinian State here's my question uh who's in charge of the state who's running the place and what are its boundaries did you recognize Hamas being in charge of Gaza do you want to keep the PA as we know it now the West Bank is old and corrupt what did you recognize these are allies but they need to hear from a friend what you did is uh reprehensible you're rewarding terrorism on October the 7th Hamas attacked the state of Israel and murdered 1,00 innocent people put babies uh in ovens raped women set people on fire and recorded it all and your response is to create a Palestinian State you're rewarding terrorism the way a Palestinian state will be created if ever is through direct negotiations between the state of Israel and Palestinians not a unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state after the largest terrorist attack against the Jewish people since the hola to my friends in Ireland Spain and Norway what you did was reward amas here's the message you're sending kill Jews and you'll get a reward again tell me about the state you just recognized who is in charge and what are the boundaries you can't answer those questions but you went ahead and recognized the uh Palestinian state for political reasons the world has turned upside down and Madam president you've been a stalwart defender of Israel and we appreciate it here's what I would say after October the 7th Hamas is engaged in using the Palestinian people as human Shields at a level I haven't seen in Warfare and the response is to punish Israel who is in a no- win situation the P the Battalion have to be destroyed the tunnels are underground why do you need a 2,000lb bomb because there are underground tunnels that only a major bomb will be able to destroy when it comes to civilian infrastructure the destruction of it has been in large part because Hamas has used schools H uh uh mosque and hospitals as military sites putting all that infrastructure in place uh in Jeopardy by militarizing it on top of all that the international criminal court has decided to issue an arrest warrant for the prime minister of Israel and the defense minister of Israel as well as Hamas leaders boy is the world turned upside down to consider Israel like Russia Putin's had an arrest warrant issued because there's no rule of law in Russia people fall out of Windows who are opposition leaders people get poisoned there is no rule of law in Russia there's a robust legal system in Israel it's probably the pride of the world the most independent Judiciary maybe on the planet lives and resides in Israel so Israel's not Russia and the Prime Minister and the defense minister of Israel are not Hamas but in the ICC world they're all the same that's despicable here's what's happened apparently a lot of legal experts some well-known famous people advise the IC that Israel needed to be charged the state of Israel the Prime Minister and the defense minister minister they are legal experts uh under international law I would not pay these people 5 cents given my understanding of the Rome statute I along with seven members four Republicans and four Democrats engaged the IC weeks ago arguing that for you to bring a charge against the state of Israel you would have to believe that the Judiciary in Israel is not independent and Israel is not acting in good faith they're acting in bad faith when it comes to allegations against Israeli forces and policies of Israel it's called complimentarity Israel is not a member of the ICC nor are we in 2015 the ICC recognized the Palestinians as a state for ICC purposes even though they're not recognized by the UN why they did that I don't know but they took over jurisdiction of this conflict and where do we lie now May 20th a couple of days ago a representative of the IC was supposed to land in Israel to set up a meeting between uh legal officials government officials of the state of Israel and the prosecutor Khan next week the group that I was involved in urged the IC to set out and talk with Israel called complimentarity under the Rome statute the ICC cannot act if the nation in question unless the nation in question is unable or unwilling to proceed with an investigation or if the investigation is conducted in bad faith there is no way you could find Israel is not acting in good faith when they were willing to meet you two days ago so here's what happened we were misled and lied to by the is CC this group thinks they have jurisdiction of the entire world they're going to roam the globe and WR wrongs they're created to deal with voids where there is no rule of law or Rogue States like Russia where the rule of law has been destroyed not come in second guess robust democracies like Israel the United States they threatened to come after our soldiers in Afghanistan years ago and senator erns who is a member of the United States Army serving abroad we objected to high heaven we have a very Rob robust military legal system we have a very independent Judiciary Israel has the most independent Judiciary on the planet so they cancelled the meeting Israel called and said when will you get here the man in question for the IC says I've been told I can't come and Israel heard about the arrest warrant on CNN they had pre-recorded this interview Mr Khan had with a CNN reporter before the meeting Senator Carden has been like awesome on this we're trying to get Israel to engage with the IC listen to their complaints and see if we can move forward they acted in bad faith a meeting was set up the man did not attend and before Israel knew anything they heard it on CNN so I am hoping that we can come together and I want to applaud President Biden Secretary of State blinken and Jake Sullivan for issuing strong statements condemning the actions of the ICC against the state of Israel now it is time to impose sanctions not only to help our Ally but also to help ourselves I want everybody to know if you deal with the ICC in this sham trial against Israel you will never come to this country your Visa will be revoked and if you have assets here they will be lost you have to pick what I think is an abuse of the rule of law over doing business with America and if we don't do that as a body we are next I have tried for months to find a way forward with my colleagues who have been terrific trying to find a way for Saudi and Israel to recognize each other come up with a better deal for the Palestinians to end this conflict and a permanent way in the middle of this sensitive moment the IC in a very deceptive way brings charges against the prime minister of Israel and the defense minister who is in a fight for their lives they're surrounded by Hezbollah Hamas and Iran where was the ICC when the Iranians strugg the young girl off the bus and beat her to death where that in North Korea they pick Israel a nation with one of the most robust independent legal systems on the planet they lie to eight United States senators and they cannot get away with this if you let them get away with this then you're going to regret it so I look forward to working with Republicans and Democrats and the administration to send a clear signal we're not going to sit on the sidelines while the rule of law is politicized turned upside down to the detriment of our allies and our own Nation with that I yield

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Published: Wed May 22 2024