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The US is working to prevent the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the attack on Gaza, Israeli media has reported.

According to the news site Walla, Netanyahu is leading a "non-stop push over the telephone" to prevent an arrest warrant being issued against him by the ICC, particularly communicating with the White House.

The Israeli newspaper Maariv has reported that Netanyahu is "frightened and unusually stressed" by the possibility of an imminent arrest warrant.

Sources close to the paper believe that the arrest warrants are only a matter of time.

The paper reported that Defence Minister Yoav Galant and Chief of Staff Major-General Herzi Halevi could also be served with warrants. ⠀

An internal State Department memo reviewed by Reuters on Saturday revealed senior US officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find "credible or reliable" Israel's assurances that it is using US-supplied weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Other officials upheld support for Israel's representation.

Under a National Security Memorandum issued by President Joe Biden in February, Blinken must report to Congress by 8 May on whether he finds credible Israel's assurances that its use of US weapons does not violate US or international law.

By 24 March, at least seven State Department bureaus had sent in their contributions to an initial "options memo" to Blinken. Parts of the memo, which has not been previously reported, were classified.

The submissions to the memo provide the most extensive picture to date of the divisions inside the State Department over whether Israel might be violating international humanitarian law in Gaza.

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[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 88 points 7 months ago

Get of the way US.

You can work with Netanyahu’s successor.

Stop the genocide of Palestine

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 44 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You can work with Netanyahu’s successor.

Yeah no, their govt is full of people like Ben-Gvir. Though you are also correct, US is perfectly capable of working with them to further the genocide.

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[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 67 points 7 months ago

Joe Biden is a genocide supporter.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 31 points 7 months ago

He's not just a supporter, he is an active participant.

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 52 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The US making sure the UN goes the way of the League of Nations and then acting all surprised when other countries don't respect international law.

[-] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 52 points 7 months ago

Being a war criminal catching up with him?

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[-] filister@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago

About time, if you ask me. After deliberately killing so many people, including kids and destroying almost entirely Gaza, making the life of ordinary people there and in the West bank hell.

[-] livus@kbin.social 41 points 7 months ago

It's bad enough that they won't join the ICC let alone actively working to undermine it.

[-] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

Ah yes, nothing like being Israel's lapdog

[-] unphazed@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

"Jeeeezuz must have his landin pad"

[-] Faresh@lemmy.ml 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That was unexpectedly quick. I thought we'd be waiting years before we could even begin talking about any kind of measures that could be taken in response to the crimes (assuming that it wouldn't be dismissed on the way).

[-] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago

The rest of the world knows what's going on and is a lot to work around the US since our politicians don't have the balls to do the right thing.

[-] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

It's not that they "don't have the balls" to do the right thing, it's that they have a vested interest in doing the wrong thing. The US isn't just failing to prevent genocide or punish those responsible, they are helping to conduct it.

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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago

EU will probably do the same

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago

“Rules-based order”

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 11 points 7 months ago
[-] unphazed@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Jail him, try him. Let the law decide his fate.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

There were reports about Jeffrey Epstein being a mossad agent using pedophilia to entrap American politicians.

If that was the case, I'm sure Epstein wasn't the only one. Part of me really wonders if the democratic politicians holding steadfast in support of Israel really are doing this out of fear of being outed for doing heinous shit.

[-] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

It's very obvious lobbying that took place for decades. Netanyahu himself was a lobbyist. Might be with Epstein etc but you don't need to look far to understand this.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

didnt they also step in between the ukraine-russia negotiations a year or 2 ago?

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Technically that was Bojo, but UK obviously wasn't just acting on their own there.

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[-] Jessvj93@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Is there one for Ben Gvir? Cause dude needs one like yesterday.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

Yet the heavens fall let justice be done

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