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Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum united to condemn the decision by a three-judge panel of the international criminal court to issue arrest warrants for the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the former defence minister Yoav Gallant.

Netanyahu’s office described the warrants as “an antisemitic decision … equivalent to the modern Dreyfus trial”, referring to the 1894 trial of a French artillery captain of Jewish descent that has become one of the most prominent examples of antisemitism.

Netanyahu added: “Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and charges against it by the international criminal court, which is a biased and discriminatory political body.”

Under the Rome statute that established the ICC, the court was set up to be an independent body that stands apart from international politics.

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[–] MushuChupacabra 64 points 1 month ago

Understandable.

Nobody committing crimes against humanity likes to be called out for committing crimes against humanity.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

At this point the anti semitism accusation has been so diluted that it's beginning to carry very little weight. It's hard to find someone who has done worse to jews worldwide in the contemporary era than Benjamin Netanyahu. The comparison of a genocide of which he and his administration is guilty of to actual historical cases of anti semitism is beyond embarrassing.

The world at large rejects Israel with disgust.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wish most western politicians were a part of that world at large.

[–] nogooduser 2 points 1 month ago

I think that most western politicians probably are privately but they can’t say it out loud because of politics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, same. In Europe, a large rift is starting to appear between the ruling political class and their constituency and they're starting to notice and thread real carefully on the unwavering support for Israel.

It used to be like, oh we defend Israeli right to exist and look at how Israel makes the desert bloom and now it's like oh look it's a difficult situation, it's complicated and we must stand by the ICC. So at least we're heading in the right direction.

EU universities are withdrawing from Israel partnerships left and right while not overtly saying why, but Israelis know why. And the European education framework policy organs can't really do much about it, as all participation is voluntary.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Good. This helps building a case for the next row to be charged. I hope that at the end of this genocide and plethora of war crimes there stands a trial that will get everyone who committed or supported it to face justice and spend the rest of their lifes in prison. And if that means imprisoning most of active duty IDF and all the "settler" terrorists so be it.

[–] wurzelgummidge 17 points 1 month ago

Issue one for Biden as well since he has deliberately perpetuated the carnage

[–] BeatTakeshi 4 points 1 month ago

So... They feel rewarded?

[–] Etterra 2 points 1 month ago

Condemn away, genocidal assholes.