#Palestine / US House passes Republican bill to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel
the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed bill aimed at sanctioning the ICC over its investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the Palestinian territories. The bill, which still needs to pass the Senate and be signed into law, has sparked controversy and raised concerns about the U.S. commitment to international justice.
Netanyahu’s Mafia State—by Haaretz Editorial
Netanyahu used Mossad to spy on #ICC and to threaten prosecutors.
The Natanyahu government also went after Haaretz. I will post a few articles from Haaretz in this thread. @israel@palestine
@JapanProf
What is amazing is that liberal Americans who pretend to be against everything Netanyahu and his fascist cabinet members are doing, still support Israel unconditionally.
They are all PEFP, progressive except for Palestine. @palestine@israel
@pinkdrunkenelephants@GM7077@israel@palestine@figstick The American people so have a choice btw: 2 genocides or 4. It would be silly to blame them for the 2 they have no choice not to vote for. It would be completely alright to blame them for the other 2, if the election decides they should occur. And it would be downright evil to suggest that voting for 4 by default is better than voting for 2 by active action.
#US / Child of Famed Jewish Family Funded Pro-Palestinian Protests
A significant amount of funding for anti-war activist groups involved in recent campus protests in the U.S. has come from the #BafrayungFund, controlled by Rachel Gelman, a 33-year-old from a prominent Jewish-American family.
The most revealing aspect of this story is the involvement of the Israeli-funded 'Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.' Insisting that criticism of Israel's policies equates to antisemitism is a flawed tactic that will inevitably backfire. Labeling anti-war protests as merely "pro-Palestinian" or "anti-Israel" is a pathetic tool to dismiss their motivations, especially in light of the #ICJ and #ICC findings.
La France a profité de loi débiles EU pour interdire des conférences sous prétexte que l'Allemagne avait interdit Ghassan Abu Sitta (Recteur d'université de l'Université de Glasgow) et Yanis Varoufakis.
Ghassan Abu Sitta
Recteur d'université de l'Université de Glasgow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxCPtQ4S4M
@plink@palestine@israel I wish I had written that. An appropriate level of moral venom injected surgically, not with the broad brush so many paint with.
@RememberUsAlways@palestine@israel The ICC does not claim equivalence, merely that both have cases to answer. Isreal could start their own internal inquiry instead.
#ICC / Prosecutor asks for arrest warrants for three leading Hamas leaders, as well ass Netanyahu and Galant
[...] The office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said it was seeking arrest warrants against three leading Hamas militants for their alleged roles in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Watch: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan explains the charges against top Hamas and Israeli leadership in detail in this excerpt from his interview with @amanpour this morning at The Hague
[cont’d] Hungary says ICC warrant against Israel's Netanyahu 'unacceptable'
[…] "It is wrong to use a court as a political tool, and it should not be forgotten what led to what is happening in Gaza, and that is a ruthless, dishonest and vile terrorist attack on Israel," he said.
How not even ironic coming from a Hungarian official, given their shared passion with Israel for undermining the judiciary and targeting NGOs and civil society. But hey, at least #Israel and #Netanyahu can count on the support of their neo-fascist pals.
The #ICC can issue for signatories countries an arrest warrant on #Netanyahu because it has jurisdiction over international crimes committed in #Palestine since 2012
BUT
If #Israel doesn't recognise the #ICC, its territory isn't included in the jurisdiction, and the crimes of Hamas where carried out there, then how can the #ICC issue a legally binding arrest warrant on Hamas leaders?
Thank you very much for the screenshot. The paragraph b) is undeniably clear and my question is solved 😎
The #ICC recognises Palestina as a State and, hence, it can issue an arrest warrant on Hamas leaders independently where did they committed the crimes👏
from #TheGuardian
‘What’s happening is not genocide’: #Biden criticizes #ICC for seeking arrest warrants for #Israel officials – as it happened
[Live blog for May 20 - now closed, but still available]
@plink@palestine@israel he evidently didn't bother to read the ICC statement. It didn't use the word genocide. I did read it, and it sounded pretty straightforward and accurate to me.
It's not going to happen, but it's a step towards the right direction.
Judging by the way #ICC charged #Hamas, every ranking military serving in Gaza to be charged with #WarCrimes, just like they did with those in #Bosnia and #Rwandan.
But sadly, just #Netanyahu and #Gantz were those they could dare charging.
@faab64@palestine@israel I'm not sure and can see how one might make the opposite argument: it's good that they did not "bad apple" the Israeli crimes by charging some specific Israeli soldiers with documented blood on their hands, but by charging Netanyahu and Gallant, they clearly signalled that the crimes are deliberate policy. Which is much more valuable support for the parallel ICJ process too.
#Israel on trial?
This is not what the #ICJ organises. Its role is to establish the law.
A halt of invasion?
In 2022, the ICJ issued a condemnation on the #Russia invasion, to no consequence.
Kate Ferguson: “Will it be enough to stem the tide of atrocity crimes? No, of course not.” https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-kate-ferguson@israel
"#Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, ran its own parallel operation which sought out compromising information on [the court’s preceeding chief prosecutor] Bensouda and her close family members in an apparent attempt to sabotage the ICC’s investigation. The agency’s former head, Yossi Cohen, personally attempted to “enlist” Bensouda and manipulate her into complying with Israel’s wishes […] causing the then-prosecutor to fear for her personal safety."