Of course Trudeau would arrest Netanyahu, he has no principles
The prime minister can’t stop blaming Israel
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded they had identified the real criminals in the Israel-Gaza war and issued arrest warrants for Israel’s leaders. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were cited as being criminally responsible for a “war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.” In this, the ICC continues the general degradation of the West’s formerly venerable institutions with their seemingly bottomless inability to distinguish right from wrong.
Not content to let the ICC wallow alone in the foul pigsty of moral turpitude that its decision creates, Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government decided to join in. The stench of antisemitism emanating from Ottawa is apparently not yet strong enough for the prime minister and he just couldn’t resist. When asked whether Canada would comply with the ICC warrant in the unlikely event Netanyahu or Gallant ended up on Canadian soil, Trudeau refused to say no. Instead he noted that it was “really important that everyone abide by international law” and that Canada “will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the internationals courts. It’s just who we are as Canadians.” So, in other words: yes, we will arrest them.
Colour me not shocked by this response, but do add another item to the infinite ways in which this government and prime minister can disappoint Canadians and defenestrate their values whenever it’s politically expedient.
Let’s say this as clearly as we can. “Who we are as Canadians” is most certainly not predicated on support for the ICC. Do we perhaps believe in its founding principles? Sure. But, the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel, and, besides, the case against Netanyahu is baseless. Israel is fighting a defensive war to eliminate the threat from Hamas, and has worked to ensure humanitarian aid is permitted into Gaza.
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