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> The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed fro

by Qem 2y ago

> The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024 And things got much worse in the latter part of 2024. Even if the court didn't take into account facts after 20 May 2024, ample evidence already existing by then was already enough to issue the warrants. When it takes more evidence into account I bet more warrants will be issued.

bhouston 2y ago
It is incredibly likely another series of warrants will be issued for the next level down of both Israeli and Hamas leadership. It is too bad Lebanon didn't ratify the ICC treaty. They really should have.
- blackhawkC17 2y ago
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  - bhouston 2y ago
    I would totally get behind ICC charges against Hezbollah. Bad actors need consequences.
    - klipt 2y ago
      You think Hezbollah would care about ICC consequences? They've been violating the UN resolution calling for them to withdraw north, disarm, and stop attacking Israel for years. Their stated (short term) goal is to disallow anyone in northern Israel to live in peace. (Their long term goal of course is to destroy Israel completely.)
- ComputerGuru 2y ago
  It is indeed ridiculous that Lebanon didn’t join the ICC, one has to imagine that Hezbollah played a role in that decision. Which is funny because all the Palestinian resistance factions actually pushed for ICC jurisdiction to the extent that they called for it to apply to them and Israel equally! The hoops the Palestinians had to jump through to join the ICC were crazy, including (reified) threats of heavy punishments from the US if they did. Here’s the full story if anyone is interested: https://palepedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court%27s_jurisdiction_in_Palestine https://palepedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court%27s_...
  - wbl 2y ago
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  - sudosysgen 2y ago
    Actually, most reports are that the US is the one that pressured Lebanon not to join the ICC, to prevent the ICC from having jursidiction over warcrimes the IDF comits in Lebanon/

by Qem 2y ago

bhouston 2y ago

It is incredibly likely another series of warrants will be issued for the next level down of both Israeli and Hamas leadership. It is too bad Lebanon didn't ratify the ICC treaty. They really should have.

blackhawkC17 2y ago
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- bhouston 2y ago
  I would totally get behind ICC charges against Hezbollah. Bad actors need consequences.
  - klipt 2y ago
    You think Hezbollah would care about ICC consequences? They've been violating the UN resolution calling for them to withdraw north, disarm, and stop attacking Israel for years. Their stated (short term) goal is to disallow anyone in northern Israel to live in peace. (Their long term goal of course is to destroy Israel completely.)
ComputerGuru 2y ago
It is indeed ridiculous that Lebanon didn’t join the ICC, one has to imagine that Hezbollah played a role in that decision. Which is funny because all the Palestinian resistance factions actually pushed for ICC jurisdiction to the extent that they called for it to apply to them and Israel equally! The hoops the Palestinians had to jump through to join the ICC were crazy, including (reified) threats of heavy punishments from the US if they did. Here’s the full story if anyone is interested: https://palepedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court%27s_jurisdiction_in_Palestine https://palepedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court%27s_...
- wbl 2y ago
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- sudosysgen 2y ago
  Actually, most reports are that the US is the one that pressured Lebanon not to join the ICC, to prevent the ICC from having jursidiction over warcrimes the IDF comits in Lebanon/