The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palest

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and during the October 2023 attacks.

The court alleges actions like depriving Gaza civilians of essential resources.

Israel and the U.S., non-members of the ICC, reject the warrants, with Netanyahu calling them antisemitic.

Hamas also criticized the decision.

The practical enforcement of these warrants remains uncertain, as the ICC lacks authority to compel arrests.

    • @b161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1•21 minutes ago

      If Trump plans on doing everything he says he’s going to do he’s going to expend his political capital rather quickly, and likely meet more resistance than he may be able to handle, domestically and internationally.

      International war crimes, mass deportations, curtailing the rights of queer people and women, deleting entire government departments, introducing tariffs. Also being in Russia’s pocket, then adding pressure from other big actors like China, Ukraine, and Iran into the mix. That’s a lot to juggle and many of America’s long-standing allies may no longer be willing to fully back the new mask off fascist regime.

      Netanyahu may just become a liability.

    • @FelixCress@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12•12 hours ago

      There is number of countries already said they would.

      “The Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, and Spain all said they would meet their commitments and obligations regarding the Rome Statute and International Law.”

    • @NatakuNox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45•19 hours ago

      At least with America going full mask off as a force of evil, the rest of the world can stop waiting on us to do the right thing.

      • Eugene V. Debs' GhostEnglish
        9•12 hours ago

        I think the mask truly went off in 2003. Dubya was an international terrorist in the highest office of the world.

      • @nomous@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9•17 hours ago

        Seriously if anything good can come from this the U.S. needs to stop fucking around with other countries sovereignty and handle it’s own affairs for a few decades.

        • @Gsus4@mander.xyzEnglish
          3•13 hours ago

          Look at what happened to Brazil during trump’s presidency. JCPOA. Paris climate accord. The bullshit always overflows.