House Republicans advanced their legislation Thursday to punish the world's top war-crimes court after it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The bill, called the 'Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act,' aims to sanction any foreign national who investigates, arrests, detains, or prosecutes US citizens or citizens of allied countries who are not members of the ICC.

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to impose sanctions against foreign persons who have taken part in or aided efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to 'investigate, detain,