Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

PrimalxConvoy

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No more slupees for you, Israel.

 

Pocket

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Is that going to work? Is there seriously some kind of World Police that can just barge into a sovereign nation and drag its leaders off to World Prison?
 

abates

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No, I believe Netanyahu would have to travel to a country that is signed up to the ICC and he could then be arrested.
 

Xaaron

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Technically, 160 out of 197(ish) countries of the world are signatories for the ICC (not including U.S.).

On the other hand, the ICC swore out a warrant for Putin because of Ukraine, and he's traveled to some ICC signatory nations since then without facing arrest.

So some nations clearly don't believe the ICC (and other signatories) truly have their backs if they tried to enforce these warrants.
 

wonko the sane?

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The implication is that with an official warrant, other countries are more likely to change how they interact with ol' bibi and respect the official statement of "they're war crimes".

I doubt it'll change much of anything though.
 

Thylacine 2000

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They issued warrants only for Israelis. Technically they issued a warrant for Hamas mastermind Mohammed Deif, but he's already dead. Effectively surrendering their case against Hamas - which has other, living leaders - looks very bad for their pretense to impartiality.

Sudanese dictator Omar Bashir was hit by an ICC warrant, and around 100 countries - the entire Arab League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, African Union, and even parts of Europe - refused to enforce it.


I've written here before that I don't at all doubt Netanyahu is responsible for war crimes, and by all means jail him for something. AND, ALSO, it's a bad look when the tools of international law treat majority cultures and minority cultures unequally.
 
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wonko the sane?

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Canada has vowed to uphold the edicts of the ICC, as we're (apparently?) a founding member.

So... when was the last time bibi came to canada?
 


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