ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant for Gaza ‘war crimes’
The ruling could prevent Israeli officials from traveling and comes as the government ignores legal advice to open a state inquiry
In a blockbuster ruling that shook the military, diplomatic, and legal worlds, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday.
The ICC said that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant committed the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other humane acts.
While Israel and the US condemned the ruling – which is the first time the court has issued arrests for officials from a democratic state – as biased or going beyond the ICC’s mandate, the EU, France, Ireland, and a number of other countries said they would honor the arrest warrants.
This means that Netanyahu and Gallant will likely be unable to travel to most European countries and a variety of other nations in the ICC’s 120-plus member states.
They will still be able to travel to the US, which is not an ICC member, and various Middle Eastern and other states. There are also some states which have ignored ICC arrest warrants, given that there is no real enforcement mechanism.
Regarding the charges of starvation, legal briefs on behalf of Israel had found that the IDF’s humanitarian efforts were initially delayed by several days of fighting to expel the Hamas invasion, which went on for the greater part of the week after October 7 as well as another week of initial massive deployment efforts of around 100,000 troops to the Gaza front, many of whom also lacked proper food and supplies at times.
However, from October 21 onward, the briefs found that the IDF facilitated humanitarian aid convoys (initially via the Nitzana Crossing.)
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International Corrupt Court’s statement? We are issuing a Warrant for the Arrest of the Israeli PM.
Trump response? Fuck around, find out.
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I have much more coming on this international debacle in the morning but for now… anyone who thinks that this trumped up judicial body deserves any respect at all are probably the same morons that continue to support the United Nations.
In either case I think we should deport them all (all 30% of them). Strip them of their citizenship and send them to Iran. Seeing as they hate Canada so much it’s the very least we can do for them. I think they’ll like the climate over there much better.
Truth be told real Canadians wouldn’t miss them! I know I won’t!