PERSONALLY I AM GLAD that the ICC ISSUED a ARREST WARRANT for Netanyahu.I am sure people here know the ruling and the arrest warrant I am referring to. FWIW, I subscribe to the theory that Bibi is definitely prolonging the war to avoid his own charges at home. That does not dismiss that he is dismantling some long standing terror support infrastructure in the region.If the ICC had issued simultaneous warrants against the IRGC leaders, Iranian council (who is literally punishing little girls over dress code) and Hezbollah, I’d have 100% agreed that it’s a ruling to give justice to people. Iran is a signatory to the Rome statute. So is Lebanon .I’ll lay it out for you real easy: what Israel is doing is genocide. The Israelis have methodically destroyed every hospital, school, water treatment, and agriculturally productive area in Gaza while also openly murdering mind numbing numbers of journalists, paramedics, doctors and children. They’re also only allowing a calorie deficit into Gaza to starve the people, and also regularly stealing land and attacking Palestinian landowners with the protection of the IDF in The West Bank-another act of genocide against the Palestinians. A terror attack does not justify a genocide. Nothing does. The war on Palestine disgraces the Israeli people, and Bibi deserves harsh judgement for his leadership. The problem with the warrant is that this creates a playbook for terror groups like Hamas on what to do: Brutally and graphically attack civilians. Commit unspeakable horrendous crimes. Do it sloppily and most of all, make it very visible and public. Say they do this to country X. The resulting pressure will force country X to try to solve this problem and go after the true sources When country X comes to hunt you down, hide within the civilian population. Use schools and hospitals for launch pads and hide ammunition in tunnels under them. Use them as human shields Country Xis now forced to commit collateral damage Have your international backers ready to whip audiences worldwide into a frenzy. Anyone who opposes, call them fascists or anti-humanitarian Convenient evidence ready for “international law” for prosecution rinse and repeat. Now as I said, I do think Bibi needs to stand trial but without also prosecuting those who cause this issue, we are basically green lighting future repeats. A fair and just future has to include dismantling of support infrastructure of terror. And that has to go beyond just Hamas as a local entity, and to its true backers. Getting Bibi charged went almost as according to their plan since by now, Israel is unquestionably being reprimanded globally for responding to a terror attack that was heinous and deliberately provocative. We can argue about proportionality but that’s not how war works. When a non state actor uses civilian population to hide in and attack (all war crimes of their own rights by the way), you have little choice but to resort to extreme measures. Israel’s atrocities in Gaza which are against a population that was already under its oppression are not excused or justified by Hamas’ attacks. The arrest warrant is because war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by Israel in gaza on the orders of Netanyahu and the scale of these atrocities are thoroughly documented, much of it by Israeli soldiers who have conducted themselves like terrorists. I have written enough already. All I am gonna tell you is that ICC had a golden opportunity to properly settle ALL criminals against humanity yet they pursued a narrow political agenda. They blew it. Now Trump will come to power, actively thwart the ICC, MBS and Israel will have their long overdue Abraham accords and the only people who would have suffered for Iran’s regional ambitions will be the Palestinians.
