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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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[–] Draghetta@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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.

[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.org 44 points 1 day ago

Those warrants are worth a lot. Not enough to put them behind bars, but still a lot!

[–] BMTea@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 38 points 1 day ago (18 children)

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.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 35 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] small44@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Not such a thing as bad apple in an occupied population

[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hamas and their leaders along with the nut jobs running Israel! All it takes is a few bad apples!

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The majority of Israelis do want war. They only want the hostages out more.

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Finally! Now arrest the fuckers.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Eril@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

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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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

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

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 hours ago

If Trump plans on doing everything he says he’s going to do he’s going to expend his political capital rather quickly, and likely meet more resistance than he may be able to handle, domestically and internationally.

International war crimes, mass deportations, curtailing the rights of queer people and women, deleting entire government departments, introducing tariffs. Also being in Russia’s pocket, then adding pressure from other big actors like China, Ukraine, and Iran into the mix. That’s a lot to juggle and many of America’s long-standing allies may no longer be willing to fully back the new mask off fascist regime.

Netanyahu may just become a liability.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

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."

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago

I think the mask truly went off in 2003. Dubya was an international terrorist in the highest office of the world.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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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[–] hombre_fundido@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] eightpix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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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