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> I doubt Microsoft would be granted an exception so they can serve Hamas' greatest supporter after that. "greatest"? Hardly. A charge was brought before the I

by rswail 1y ago

> I doubt Microsoft would be granted an exception so they can serve Hamas' greatest supporter after that. "greatest"? Hardly. A charge was brought before the ICC from South Africa which required the ICC to investigate. There are much bigger supporters of Hamas, the sanctions against employees of the ICC is just the current US government flexing its retribution muscles.

bawolff 1y ago
This is a bit of a tangent, but its a pet peve of mine You are mixing up ICC and ICJ. South Africa brought a case to the ICJ. This is the country equivalent of suing another country so its not really forcing ICJ to investigate so much as south africa is presenting a case which icj will decide on (eventually anyways, icj is famous for being slow). The ICC on the other hand makes its own decisions on who to investigate/charge. Countries can file referrals to it, but the ICC prosecutor has discretion on what they want to investigate and pursue. [Anyone who thinks the ICC likes hamas should remember that the icc also filed charges against a hamas leader too. Its difficult for them to investigate hamas because they are only allowed to charge people who are currently alive]