The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the former Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Karim Khan, the court’s chief prosecutor, had requested the arrest warrants in May for the two Israelis, alongside three top Hamas officials.
Israel has fiercely contested the court’s allegations, which include the use of starvation as a weapon of war and “intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population.”
The court on Thursday also issued a warrant for the arrest of Muhammad Deif, Hamas’s military chief, for crimes against humanity, including murder, hostage taking and sexual violence. Israel said in August that it had killed Mr. Deif. Mr. Khan had also sought arrest warrants for Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, and Ismail Haniyeh, another top figure in the militant group, both of whom were later killed by Israel.The warrants added to Israel’s declining legitimacy on the world stage, where it has faced increasingly fierce condemnation over its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza.
Israel insists that it fights in accordance with the international laws of war.
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As the int'l community braces for potential repercussions, we must work together to keep the flame of accountbility burning bright. May this time of darkness see the call for Justice grow stronger.
Now wait for western hypocrite leaders crying about this decision. We just need to go after them as well for complicity
The ICC ruling should send shivers through the corridors of power. Complicity has a price. Time for Israel and its allies to confront the reality of accountability, not hide behind tired propaganda.
@solo-von-kickpaw 1yr1Y
pro-Israel
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 1yr1Y
Pro-genocide then I see
@solo-von-kickpaw1yr1Y
sure whatever you say:)
@Renaldo-MoonGreen1yr1Y
Israel's committing genocide so supporting Israel supports genocide. 🤷
@solo-von-kickpaw1yr1Y
"The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a (surprise attack) on Israel on 7 October, which involved a rocket barrage and a few thousand militants breaching the Gaza–Israel barrier, (attacking Israeli civilian communities)"🤔" Hamas, the Arabic acronym for the group Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, is a radical Islamist-nationalist (terrorist organization) that emerged from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. It uses political and( violent means) to pursue its goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel."😢"Today… Read more
Lest we forget: In Putin's case, the ICC prosecutor requested an arrest warrant on 22-2-2023, which was issued less than a month later (17-03-2023). In the case of Netanyahu, the arrest warrant was requested on 20-5-2024 - six months later it happened. Better late than never...
How dare you say its 6 months late, at least a year late, these psychopaths should have been arrested years ago. The regime occupying Palestine should have been dismantled decades ago. The ICC is meaningless, this will not relieve the suffering of any Palestinians.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 1yr1Y
Had this been done a year ago over 100,000 people would never have died.
Also all Netanyahu just has to stay in Israel and he's fine. Just like Putin's doing in Russia.
@AloofLionGreen1yr1Y
“Every member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), more than a hundred countries, are now legally obliged to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant if they set foot on their territory.”
@DingoCamilaDemocrat1yr1Y
Send these war criminals to the hague for genocide.
**** the ICC.
There is no such thing as “State of Palestine.”
@Renaldo-MoonGreen1yr1Y
So what was there before Israel? Empty land part of no country.
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