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> The idea Israeli government would hold anyone accountable is a laughable. It's happened, many times. Usually this doesn't make front-page news, but soldiers
by edanm 1y ago
> The idea Israeli government would hold anyone accountable is a laughable.
It's happened, many times. Usually this doesn't make front-page news, but soldiers that break the law are sometimes held accountable. Not nearly enough, and I think it should be far more publicized as a deterrent effect (the fact that it isn't is a pretty big indictment of the current government). But it's certainly not laughable.
- amanaplanacanal 1y agoWho is gonna arrest Bibi?
- HappyPanacea 1y agoThe same people who arrested Olmert
- edanm 1y agoWell, he is on trial. So he could be arrested. Prime Ministers have been arrested (and jailed!) before. A part of what the Isareli opposition has been pushing for in the last few years has been removing Netanyahu from power and presumably jailing him because of the corruption charges.
- edanm 1y agoBtw, the literal sub-headline of the article includes this sentence: "prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes".
- cma 1y agoFor each of their "operations" on Gaza they usually had one or two soldiers in trouble for something like stealing and using a civilians credit card. When there were many more serious crimes like deliberately targeting the disabled.