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.
  • psvrh@lemmy.caEnglish
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    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.

    • CerealKiller01@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      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
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          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.