ICC seeks arrest warrants for Israel leaders & Hamas leaders

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and Hamas’s Sinwar

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Related - Duckworth brings Gaza medical team’s pleas directly to White House

www.politico.com/news/2024/05/19/duckworth-gaza-medical-team-pleas-white-house-00158799

“On May 13, in violation of international law, our team of medical professionals were denied exit by Israel,” Hamawy writes. “When the call finally came to evacuate only U.S. citizens, I chose to stay. As a doctor, I could not, in good conscience, leave my team behind.”

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“I have never in my career witnessed the level of atrocities and targeting of my medical colleagues as I have in Gaza,” the letter added.

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NPR did a story about it this morning where they interviewed a former ICC judge who seemed to think that this was warranted.

Even if they receive the warrants, nothing actually changes, right? The likelihood of Netanyahu or Sinwar actually being arrested seems pretty slim.

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May 21, 2024 6:50:26 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

NPR did a story about it this morning where they interviewed a former ICC judge who seemed to think that this was warranted.

Even if they receive the warrants, nothing actually changes, right? The likelihood of Netanyahu or Sinwar actually being arrested seems pretty slim.

Yes, it's largely symbolic. Putin has had an ICC warrant against him for years. The only way it would be enforced is if they traveled to a participating country, and that country arrested them.

The US pulled out during the Bush administration because US troops were being accused of war crimes in Afghanistan.

[shauni27]

I saw that the US pulled out, I did not realize that was why.

Still, the symbolism of this seems important. I wish it was more than that, though.

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May 21, 2024 7:56:04 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I saw that the US pulled out, I did not realize that was why.

Still, the symbolism of this seems important. I wish it was more than that, though.

FWIW, the accusations against the US were largely proved true. If you remember, most of it centered around interrogation methods by the CIA, and treatment of detainees by US service members.

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May 21, 2024 8:05:50 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

May 21, 2024 7:56:04 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I saw that the US pulled out, I did not realize that was why.

Still, the symbolism of this seems important. I wish it was more than that, though.

FWIW, the accusations against the US were largely proved true. If you remember, most of it centered around interrogation methods by the CIA, and treatment of detainees by US service members.

I had assumed as much! 

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Per Axios.

Norway, Ireland and Spain announced they would recognize a Palestinian state, joining more than two-thirds of the United Nations in a move swiftly condemned by Israel.

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