Benjamin Netanyahu faces ICC arrest warrant for war crimes in Gaza
- The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif.
- Netanyahu condemned the warrants as anti-Semitic, while Amnesty International welcomed the court’s decision.
- The ICC cited “reasonable grounds” for war crimes and crimes against humanity against Netanyahu and Gallant.
Look, I don’t want to be ‘that guy’, but seeing as the ICC have now issued war crime arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, shouldn’t NZ be reflecting on ending the working Holiday arrangements for the IDF coming to New Zealand?
Let’s be very clear the ICC doesn’t put arrest warrants out for shits and giggles, Netanyahu has done this to himself…
Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame
Thanks to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, which once dreamed of being a light unto the nations, has taken a step closer to becoming a leper among the nations. The Israeli prime minister and the defence minister he sacked a fortnight ago, Yoav Gallant, are now wanted men, the subject of arrest warrants issued on Thursday by the international criminal court (ICC), accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. From now on, some 124 countries are effectively closed to them: if Netanyahu or Gallant set foot in any member state of the ICC – which includes Britain and most of Europe – they face the risk of arrest. The UK government has already said it will follow the law, which sounds like a commitment to detain the two men if they come here. They are to be shunned, as a matter of international law.
Israeli ministers and their allies are raging against the ICC, accusing it of bias and double standards in levelling against Israel charges that it has never made against the leaders of any other western democracy. But the blame lies squarely with Netanyahu himself. Because this move, which signals a new isolation of Israel, was entirely avoidable.
Start with the law. Ask why the ICC didn’t go after, say, Britain for suspected war crimes in Iraq or the US on similar charges in Afghanistan, and you’ll be told that the ICC stays out of countries that have their own, reliable systems of justice. The legal principle is called “complementarity”, by which the ICC defers to the courts of the country accused, so long as it’s satisfied that any crimes will be properly investigated and pursued.
For Israel, the simplest solution would have been the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and all that has followed. As it happens, that’s been a loud demand within Israel ever since that murderous day 13 months ago. But Netanyahu has refused to give way. He fears an investigation will point the finger at him for leaving Israel exposed to the deadliest attack in its history. An inquiry would blow apart his pretence that, though he has been in the prime minister’s seat for most of the past 15 years, he was blameless for that horrific failure – though simultaneously responsible for all of Israel’s military successes. So, in a break with all Israeli precedent, there is still no inquiry into 7 October or the conduct of the war in Gaza. And that, under the principle of complementarity, opened the door to the ICC.
Of course, Netanyahu’s culpability goes much deeper. The ICC’s statementmakes clear that the heart of its case against Israel’s leaders relates to the supply of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The ICC says there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity”.
…this isn’t ‘anti-semitism’ this is an ethnic cleansing war crime from a State with no functioning judiciary to hold that State to account!
The UN have argued that what Israel is doing in Gaza does indeed meet the definition of Genocide, so let’s not pretend it isn’t any longer…
UN special committee likens Israeli policy in Gaza to genocide
Report also refers to Israel ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ and running ‘apartheid system’ in West Bank
…seeing as it is genocide, isn’t it time for NZ to End the Working Holiday Visa for Israeli Soldiers coming to Aotearoa to Rest and Relax after committing Genocide in Palestine?
Why would we want soldiers from an Army currently accused of genocide to holiday and chill out after committing war crimes in New Zealand?
Why would we want that?
We don’t want to be a holiday haven for war criminals.
It’s time to take a moral stand here.
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So apparently crimes against Humanity are now “Antisemitic” ain’t that a laugh.
731 Palestinian infants under the age of one years old brutally murdered by the IDF with the youngest being newborn twins 2 days old. IDF bulldozer drivers testifying in the Knesset how they ran over hundreds of Palestinians dead and alive, nothing to see here.
Every fucking day I’m visibly disturbed with news of another massacre in Gaza all in the name of “self defense” what BS.
By all means ban the Israeli Death Forces from NZ, there should be no safe haven for these genocidal maniacs.
Netanyahu is a psychopathic politician and depraved war criminal ,,, using a never ending rancid pack of lies that were reported and repeated as truthful by our Dirty politicians & Dirty media he/they have conned consent to unleash Israels degenerate soldiers on a year long orgy of ‘reprisals’ against Palestinian civilians….
All the lies about Beheaded Babies, Babies put in ovens, systemic mass rapes that were so brutal it broke Israeli womens pelvic bones, while their breasts were being cut off presumably, etc etc etc etc…. ,,, They were all as true ‘Blood Libel’ as one could ever encounter,,,. That is they told the most terrible lies to enable the mass murder of civilians in a endless stream of massacres, destruction and sadism….
…’ Girls with no legs,,, on their death beds.
A fathers last cuddle in a blood soaked puddle’ https://www.bitchute.com/video/313WcgXlfOln
Given that Israeli zionist society overwhelmingly supports their military’s Gaza Ghetto liquidation and collective punishment violence ,,, and that Israel is so sick and debased that it has ‘right to rape’ protests on behalf of their soldiers!!!,,,, then I’d say it would be a rare soldier in their ‘Israel Genocide Force’ (the IDF) who has not committed war crimes….
They should be not be allowed here any more than the Klu Klux Klan members or Mexican drug cartel assassins should.
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No matter how bad you think Israreli zionists are ,,, they always prove themselves worse …..
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/20/dr-adnan-al-burshs-death-by-torture-underscores-brutal-targeting-of-palestinian-health-workers-by-israel/
“New details have emerged in the case of the Palestinian surgeon who was tortured to death and sexually abused by Israeli forces. Meanwhile, the health situation in Gaza remains dire.”
“New reports have surfaced regarding the death of Palestinian surgeon Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, who was abducted by Israeli armed forces in December 2023 during an attack on Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza. His case sheds further light on the abuse endured by health workers in Israeli prisons and detention camps. Palestinian prisoner associations had previously reported that Dr. Al-Bursh died as a result of torture. Now, testimonies from other detainees reveal that his abuse included sexual abuse.
These reports indicate that Israeli soldiers subjected Al-Bursh to exceptionally harsh treatment as soon as they identified him at Al-Awda Hospital. Dr. Khalid Hamouda, another physician detained by Israeli forces, recounted the severe injuries Dr. Al-Bursh sustained during his imprisonment in Sde Teiman concentration camp. At one point, Dr. Al-Bursh had difficulty walking or using the toilet without help, and feared his ribs had been broken in the beatings. Dr. Hamouda described meeting him in this state before Dr. Al-Bursh was transferred to Ofer prison.
When Dr. Al-Bursh was transferred to the new facility, fellow prisoners described his state as “deplorable.” They recounted visible injuries across his body, evidence of severe assault, and reported that he had been left naked “in the lower part of his body.” Soon after, he died.
“A doctor. A stellar surgeon. The embodiment of Palestinian ethics. Likely raped to death,” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese wrote on X following the release of the new reports. She condemned the lack of reaction to the atrocities committed by Israeli soldiers, stating, “The racism of Western media who are not covering this, and Western politicians who are not denouncing this, together with the thousand other testimonies and allegations of rape and other forms of mistreatment and torture that Palestinians have suffered in Israeli jails, is absolutely sickening.”
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For visual learners for visual learners for folks numbers on a page mean bugger all.
The incoming US government response to UK saying they would follow ICC law is pretty clear what actual tyrants they are ….”We will CRUSH the UK if they follow the ICC ruling” .Um ok, what happened to the idea of autonomous country’s enacting their own foreign policy freely etc….just a myth, now exposed. Tow US party line or be CRUSHED. What out NZ. Accept nuclear subs or be CRUSHED, or in our case, squashed like a bug.
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