Summary

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and during the October 2023 attacks.

The court alleges actions like depriving Gaza civilians of essential resources.

Israel and the U.S., non-members of the ICC, reject the warrants, with Netanyahu calling them antisemitic.

Hamas also criticized the decision.

The practical enforcement of these warrants remains uncertain, as the ICC lacks authority to compel arrests.

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    The US and others were fine with it when they issued a warrant for Putin, I’m sure they’ll be on board for this as well, right?

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      Without veto power to prop up shit stain génocidaires mother fucker netanyahoo the US has nothing. The rest of the world sees what’s happening and the US is being dragged through the mud by these nazi scum. If there was any justice in the world they would capture the entire Israeli regime and execute them on Netflix live stream.

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    I heard that Bibi stubbed his toe on an antisemetic table this morning.

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        Lmao thanks for pointing out the typo. Or perhaps it’s the zionists that keep making a mistake and are trying to tell us that ending the genocide in Gaza helps them throw up less?

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          Who’d have thunk that 2000 years of conflict was all a misunderstanding about spelling…

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    Cue “ICC is antisemitic”, just like the ICJ, the UN, every human rights organisation, the Special Rapporteur, independent journalists, protestors etc etc.

    Antisemitism and victimhood are the only cards left for Zio fascists to play with.

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      The original Nazis would always claim that they represented the Arian Race and that any criticism of them was “against the Arian Race” and the Zionists, a Neue Nazi group, do the same only using a different ethnicity.

      This is far from the only way in which these Neue Nazis are the same as the original Nazis.

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    This is the correct call! A majority of Palestinians and Israeli do not want war. It’s a few bad apples on both sides and they should all be jailed.

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      As someone living in Israel, that’s a nice thought but a fundamental misunderstanding of Israeli politics. The vast majority of Israelis not only support war but support a complete and total genocide of every Muslim in the middle east. Furthermore a very large amount of Israelis see the hostages as an acceptable loss if it means they can kill more Palestinian civilians. Its not “a few bad apples”, Israel is a fundamentally rotten “nation” that only exists on genocide and war.

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        No one wants their lives disrupted by war. Settlers and the army do not represent the majority.

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          They don’t see their lives as being disrupted any more than usual. That’s the problem.

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          The vast majority of Israelis either directly or indirectly support the army. Even the most progressive Israelis (specifically people who call themselves Israeli) will rarely speak out against war crimes.

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      Genocide takes a lot more than a few bad apples making a whoopsie.

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      Israelis are largely in favor of it. Netanyahus approval has skyrocketed, when they launched the offensive on Lebanon and Israelis opposing the wars and occupation are increasingly targeted by the government and government affiliated “settler” terror groups. These terror groups have ramped up their pogroms in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and decent Israelis who get in their way are beaten while the IDF watches.

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      Israelis are terrorists who take part of the IDF to ensure the occupation of Palestine.

      Of course, people like Haredi Jews and other minorities that don‘t take part of the IDF are innocent. But the rest are terrorists and should be treated as such. ✊

      The Palestinian armed resistance is completely valid and it isn’t a „few bad apples“.

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    Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have condemned ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s request for warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic.

    Antisemitism does manifest itself in both casual and systematic forms. The region-specific component is also important.

    However, claims regarding antisemitism from the Israeli government are increasingly becoming a “reverse confirmation” of sorts. One could almost argue that if they call something antisemitic, chances are it’s actually not and may even be the correct course of action (clear cut cases notwithstanding).

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      Decrying the persecution of crimes against humanity as antisemitic is quite something. It begs the question then, what these people see inherently Semitic about perpetrating these crimes.

      The blatant misuse of this term is actually very harmful to Jews around the world, since calls of those actually suffering from anti-Jewish sentiment are not taken seriously anymore.

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        “Chef overcooked my burger. Antisemite.” -Uncle Leo -Jerry Seinfeld

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      As a Jew, I’m becoming desensitized to the word “antisemitic.” Even my Israeli cousins overuse the word and can’t explain to me how this kind of shit is antisemitism beyond “Hamas wants to kill us.”

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        It’s like how if some random dipshit harms someone else they go “Oh, so it’s okay to hate men? I’m a man so I’m the bad guy?”

        When no, you’re the one who assalted someone. What you are doesn’t define actions.

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      Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have condemned request for warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic.

      I wasn’t aware he was a stand up comedian. I mean, I always knew he was a clown.

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      What region-specific component are you referring to? I’m genuinely asking, not being argumentative. I completely agree that holding Netanyahu accountable for war crimes is not antisemitism, let alone the ICC charging leaders on both sides of the conflict.

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        I am looking at it from a more abstract, generic perspective.

        When you lose the right to freely travel, work, live in your country. There is going to be a lot of animosity around this. I don’t think it is fair to purely attribute this to a discriminatory attitude.

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    I doubt any country will have the stones to arrest him in the face of US pressure.

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      There is number of countries already said they would.

      “The Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, and Spain all said they would meet their commitments and obligations regarding the Rome Statute and International Law.”

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      At least with America going full mask off as a force of evil, the rest of the world can stop waiting on us to do the right thing.

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        Seriously if anything good can come from this the U.S. needs to stop fucking around with other countries sovereignty and handle it’s own affairs for a few decades.

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          Look at what happened to Brazil during trump’s presidency. JCPOA. Paris climate accord. The bullshit always overflows.

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    Those warrants aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, but it’s still nice to see official bodies outside the US calling Netanyahu what he is.

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      Not exactly. The ratifying countries are bound by contract to arrest them. Plus It’s a serious issue not to do it, because this would delegitimize the ICC as an institution, which is not in the interest of most ratifying countries. So it essentially boils down to a choice between losing the court as a valuable weapon against war criminals or bad relations with Israel.

      What happens after an arrest is another matter and I think that is where the real pressure would happen

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      These warrants absolutely matter in terms of being a trumo card in several legal issues relating to EU-Israel relations.

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        It’s a nice thought. I won’t hold my breath expecting any real consequences for Israel, though.

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          The saddest thing is that if they do take action, it will be the lowest bar possible of accountability. They’ll for example ban products from illegal settlements and then let Israel redurect them anyways.

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      He first needs to come out of Israel to visit a country that recognizes the ICC…

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        And then the country still needs to actually arrest him. Am I right, Mongolia?

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          Mongolia is landlocked between Putin’s country and China. Not arresting him was the same as a cop deciding that maybe they shouldn’t arrest a mafia don on their own, while surrounded by the gang.

          This is a tad bit different.

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          He is not Putler though. Israelis may be war criminals as much as Russians are but their strength to influence other states decision is somewhat limited. Apart from the USA of course which for some reason appears to be Israeli puppet.

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    What do rank and file military realize they have to start refusing certain orders?

    When do the Americans cut off the supply of certain weapons?

    When does the Israeli populace see that a radically new direction is needed to secure peaceful relations “from the river to the sea”?

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    They’ve been preparing for this for a while. Months ago already I remember reading accusations of the ICC being antisemitic by Israelis and various sympathisers. The old fiddle that never stops playing.