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According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

In the news site Walla, analyst Ben Caspit writes that Netanyahu is “under unusual stress” over the prospect of an arrest warrant against him and other Israelis by the UN tribunal in The Hague, which would be a major deterioration in Israel’s international status.

Netanyahu is leading a “nonstop push over the telephone” to prevent an arrest warrant, focused especially on the administration of US President Joe Biden, Caspit writes.

Haaretz analyst Amos Harel writes that the Israeli government is working under the assumption that the ICC’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, may this week issue warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

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[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Little Hitler should be arrested.

[-] thbb@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

Too bad neither Israel nor the US are member of the ICC. That gives them far less leverage, even though they will likely put pressure on some weaker members of the ICC.

[-] Riffz7@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

Nothing in the article says the US is doing anything. It just said Netanyahu is trying to convince the US to stop it

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

The US, which, like Israel, is not among the 124 countries that signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, is already engaged in the effort to block the arrest warrants, according to Harel.

[-] Riffz7@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

I saw that and I wanted to know what exactly the role of Biden or any other whitehouse staff was so I read the rest of the article which said

Netanyahu is leading a “nonstop push over the telephone” to prevent an arrest warrant, focused especially on the administration of US President Joe Biden, Caspit writes.

So the entirety of the involvement according to this publication which says they are involved is that Netanyahu is calling "nonstop" to try to get them to intervene in an organization that they themselves haven't signed on to? Sure sounds like a lot of involvement at this moment.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The second paragraph I quoted does indicate that the US is currently actively involved

The US ... is already engaged in the effort to block the arrest warrants, according to Harel.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

They should add Itamar Ben-Gvir to the list. He’s the worst one.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 months ago

Don't forget finance minister Bezalel Smotich. He gets less attention than Ben-Gvir, but he is arguably to Ben-Gvir's right, as insane as that concept sounds.

Smotich has even acknowledged (in a joking manner) that he's a fascist.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

There are a bunch of people in the government and the IDF that should end up in The Hague for what they did and do.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Stopping the genocide might help prospects

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

What's done is done. If they're complicit in direction of war crimes, they should hang.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 13 points 2 months ago

He still needs to be held accountable for what he's already done.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

Once again Biden is protecting and thus enabling genocide.

[-] juicy@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Vote genocide, no matter who!

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

Israel and the US show once again that they are enemies to a rule based international order. They are enemies to justice, diplomacy and human rights. Quite frankly they are terrorists.

Now the only question that remains is whether the countries that are signatories to the ICC will uphold a rule based order and get those criminals to face responsibility in a court of law, or whether it was all just for show and they happily descend into barbarism.

[-] Binthinkin@kbin.social 6 points 2 months ago

They need to atop because he should be in prison.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Both countries didn't join the ICC. There are obvious reasons for that - They know about being guilty. Keep in mind that the US is going after Assange not because he published some arbitrary "secrets" - he published evidence of American war crimes that the US army wanted to hush up.

I think, arrest warrants for Netanyahu and quite a number of people in the IDF are simply appropriate. The ICC is no political cangaroo court, and it would not charge or convict someone without evidence. Especially not a prominent figure.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Which is probably the reason why

2014 TheGuardian - Hamas declares support for Palestinian bid to join international criminal court

Hamas says it will support proposal that could expose both the Islamist group and Israel to war crimes investigations

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