ICC May Issue Arrest Warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant This Week, Reports Say

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ER Editor: The UK’s Daily Express also picked this up (it’s been updated in the last 24 hours to register American reaction). See —

ICC ‘seeking arrest warrants’ for Israeli PM Netanyahu and Hamas terrorist boss Sinwar

And from The Cradle —

ICC applies for arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Sinwar

The ICC, based in The Hague, opened an investigation into Israel’s actions in the occupied territories in 2021. The investigation has been expanded to cover both Israeli and Hamas actions since the start of the Gaza war on 7 October.

The ICC accused Hamas of killing several hundred Israelis and of committing various war crimes during its assault on Israeli military bases and settlements during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. The ICC accusations include extermination, murder, taking hostages, rape and other sexual crimes, and torture.

The ICC statement also does not mention that during the 7 October Hamas attack, Israeli forces killed many of their own civilians by responding with heavy weapons. Israeli media has reported that the army used helicopters, drones, and tanks to open fire on Hamas fighters and their Israeli captives in settlements (kibbutzim), military bases, and the Nova music festival site.

These heavy weapons burned many Israelis alive or buried them under the rubble of the houses they destroyed. The killings and resulting mutilation of the bodies were then blamed on Hamas by Israeli authorities, who suggested fighters from Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, had tortured them. …

The Cradle article is doubtful of Karim Khan’s impartiality toward the Palestinians and points out many issues relevant to them that Khan fails to mention in his address (see tweet below):

JUST IN | #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC
announces applications for arrest warrants in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the context of the situation in the State of #Palestine ⤵️ https://t.co/WUuAle67HH

— NBC Digital News (@NBCDigitalNews) May 20, 2024

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This story seems to have been doing the rounds since the end of last month —

🇮🇱 🔴‼️ BREAKING: The International Criminal Court (ICC) could charge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top officials with war crimes and issue warrants for their arrest as early as this week.

— SOURCE: NBC NEWS pic.twitter.com/VPQrW6MnOq

— SVS NEWS AGENCY (@svsnewsagency) April 29, 2024

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See this reaction from Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network —

Samidoun statement on the International Criminal Court, the Resistance, and justice for Palestine

They, too, are critical of Khan and make a couple of important points:

Let us be clear: There is no equation to be made between the legitimate resistance of the Palestinian people and its leadership, including Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, and the illegitimate Zionist colonizer. The attempt to equate victim and perpetrator is a fundamental injustice, not the pursuit of long-denied justice. …

It is, in fact, only because of the Resistance, because of the willingness of the resistance fighters, surrounded and nurtured by its popular cradle, that these arrest warrants for the Zionist war criminals are even being proposed and considered. It is the bravery, creativity and revolutionary steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their Resistance, including and particularly through the armed struggle, that has reset the balance of power to the extent that the crimes of the occupier can no longer be greeted with pure impunity.

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ICC May Issue Arrest Warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant This Week, Reports Say

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