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The ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Ibrahim Al-Masri

Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

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The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Ibrahim Al-Masri, a Hamas leader:

THE HAGUE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.

In their decision, the ICC judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant were criminally responsible for acts including murder, persecution and starvation as a weapon of war as part of a "widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of Gaza".
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Judges said there were also reasonable grounds to believe the blockade on Gaza and lack of food, water, electricity, fuel and medical supplies "created conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of the civilian population in Gaza, which resulted in the death of civilians, including children, due to malnutrition and dehydration".
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The US, which previously supported an ICC arrest warrant against Putin, has rejected this recent decision:

Israel has rejected the jurisdiction of the Hague-based court and denies war crimes in Gaza.

The United States, Israel's main diplomatic supporter, is also not a member of the ICC. It said it "fundamentally rejects" the move.

"We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision," a White House National Security Council spokesperson said, adding that the U.S. is discussing next steps with its partners.
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Given that over 120 countries are technically bound by the ICC's decisions and that many countries, including many in the EU, have already stated that they would have to abide by the decision, I think this decision may prove to be profoundly significant, even if it doesn't end up leading to any actual arrests. The fact that an arrest warrant has been issued for an acting prime minister on charges as serious as war crimes and crimes against humanity is quite remarkable.

I wonder what ramifications this will have, especially in the long term and with a second Trump term on the horizon.
 
Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

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Twilight Hue said:
The ICC is just a show pony. I doubt they can make any type of arrest.
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They can't act on arrest warrants by themselves; they need cooperation from countries within the ICC's jurisdiction.

I doubt these warrants will lead to arrests, but as I said in the OP, I think they may have significant ramifications, especially in the long term.
 
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