Arrest warrants sought for Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes
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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says he believes Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
  • psvrhEnglish
    443·
    6 months ago

    This is such a smart move: it really cuts the legs out from under the “…bbbbut Hamas are terrorist!!” bad-faith arguments.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      241·
      6 months ago

      Yup!

      Also addresses that, regardless of the Israeli apartheid regime’s response being immeasurably worse, the leaders of Hamas DID also commit war crimes and violated the human rights of civilians, which you’re not allowed to do no matter how much you’re oppressed and abused…

      • Zorque@kbin.social
        32·
        6 months ago

        Considering the leaders of Hamas are flitting around on private jets seeing all their fellow war criminals… I dont think we can say they’re particularly oppressed or abused. Theyre just using those that are for their own malicious purposes.

    • Drusas@kbin.run
      8·
      6 months ago

      The headline focuses on Israel, but the prosecutor has also called for arrest warrants of the top two Hamas figures.

    • CerealKiller01@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      6 months ago

      If that’s the reason behind the arrest warrens for Hamas, doesn’t it make the ICC’s chief request in bad faith? Like “I really want to issue warrants only for Netanyahu, but I know this will be unfair, so I’ll issue warrants for both sides, so I’ll seem balanced”?

        • CerealKiller01@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          6 months ago

          Right, so it’s not “smart”, it’s just, you know, what he should have done regardless.

          Preferably even before asking for warrants against Netanyahu and Galant. That way it won’t look like the warrants against Hamas leaders are to justify the warrants against Netanyahu and Galant, like the person I replied to seems to imply.