On April 28, the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, NBC and other media outlets, citing sources, broke the news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue arrest warrants for the following senior Israeli officials within this week:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu!
Israeli Defense Minister Gallant!!
IDF Chief of Staff Al-Khalwi!!
Since the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, under the leadership of Netanyahu, Israel, known as the little hegemon of the Middle East, has relied on the support of a beautiful country to stand on the platform and threaten to "ask the Secretary-General to resign" at the United Nations meeting, and has killed more than 34,000 people (most of them women and children) in the military operation in Gaza, turning a deaf ear to the international community's proposal to "promote peace talks and political settlement".
It can really be said that seeing people kill people, seeing Buddha and destroying Buddha, showing the anger of the little overlord in the Middle East to the fullest.
Internationally, Israel has been unanimously condemned, and at home, there have been constant calls for Netaneihu to step down. Today, Israel is a rebel, and Netanyahu himself is in trouble.
If the ICC issues another arrest warrant at this time, it will be another blow to both Israel and Netanyahu himself, which is already infamous.
Naturally, Netanyahu will not rest on his laurels.
The wicked sue first
On the 26th, Netanyahu posted a post on social media in English and Hebrew to the effect that the International Criminal Court is trying to undermine Israel's sovereignty and has no right to threaten to arrest Israeli officials, and if an arrest warrant is issued against Israeli officials, it is a threat to officials of all countries that fight terrorism and acts of aggression, and Israel does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (against Israel).
"Trying to undermine Israel's sovereignty"? Netanyahu's label for the International Criminal Court is truly terrifying.
Did Netanyahu really disdain the ICC's arrest warrant?
On the 28th, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that Netanyahu was "terrified and extremely nervous" about the possible imminent arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. He is urging Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and many other departments to continue to call allies for help in the form of phone calls to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants.
Israeli Foreign Minister Katz also called on the International Criminal Court not to issue arrest warrants, stressing that Israeli forces abide by all laws of war.
Ask for help from the beautiful country
Although the "two masters" of the beautiful country and Israel often hate each other, Israel knows that it has to rely on the beautiful country at the critical moment.
On the 28th, Netanyahu had a phone call with Biden, the details of which are unknown. When the media asked White House press secretary Jean-Pierre whether Netanyahu had asked Biden to block an arrest warrant, she did not confirm.
But Jean-Pierre said that we (the United States) do not support the ICC (against Israel) investigation, and the ICC has no jurisdiction over the matter.
On the 28th, the U.S. news website Axios reported that McCall, chairman of the Republican House Foreign Relations Committee, revealed that they had begun to work on a bill to sanction ICC officials.
On the 29th, Axios News confirmed that 2 anonymous Israeli officials revealed to the media that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made it clear during a phone call with Biden on the 28th that he hoped Biden would prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials.
Put it on the bright side to intercede, Netanyahu is indeed cowardly!
Moreover, there are 2 details in this that are more noteworthy.
First, why should the United States prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu?
The reason is very simple: In recent years, the United States has launched many wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and other countries, resulting in huge casualties and serious humanitarian disasters in the region. If the United States does not prevent the ICC from issuing arrest warrants for Israel's war crimes in Gaza, it is likely that it will be the next person to receive an arrest warrant.
Johnson, speaker of the US House of Representatives, has even made no secret of the fact that if the United States does not prevent the ICC from issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, the ICC may issue arrest warrants for US political leaders, diplomats, and military personnel in the next step.
This is called the death of the rabbit and the sorrow of the fox, can the beautiful country not stop it?
Second, the United States denies that the ICC has jurisdiction over Israel.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent judicial body established in 2002 by States that have signed the Rome Statute and currently has 124 member states. The main function is to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and crimes of aggression when Member States are unwilling or unable to do so on their own.
On the face of it, Israel, a beautiful country that is not a member state, has no problem with the ICC not having the power to issue arrest warrants against high-ranking Israeli officials.
But is that really the case?
The competence of the ICC also includes the prosecution of crimes committed in the territory of member States by nationals or other actors.
In 2015, Palestine had been granted member status, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) made it clear that this meant that anyone acting in Palestinian territory, including Israeli military personnel, and Palestinians acting anywhere, including inside Israel, would have jurisdiction.
The crimes committed by Israel are taking place in the Palestinian territories, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) certainly has jurisdiction.
This also means that after the ICC issues an arrest warrant, Netanyahu and relevant senior Israeli officials may try to arrest them if they decide to travel to Rome Statute countries.
Therefore, under the pretext that Israel is not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United States has done everything possible to obstruct the ICC's investigation of Israel's war crimes in Gaza, and shamelessly threatened not to issue an arrest warrant.
Potential arrest warrants are not unfounded
In October last year, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, told the media that the ICC was investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity in the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
On April 29 this year, the International Criminal Court told NBC that it was conducting an independent investigation into the situation in Palestine and that there was no further comment at this stage.
On the same day, Reuters reported that ICC investigators had conducted an investigation and obtained evidence from staff at the West France Hospital in northern Gaza and the Nasser Hospital in the south.
The fact that Nasser Hospital was the site of the exhumation of 392 civilian bodies after the Israeli raid was seized is irrefutable evidence of genocide. It seems that the evidence in the hands of the ICC is very bad for Netanyahu!
Although at present, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has not officially issued arrest warrants for high-ranking officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, Brother Reasoni believes: justice may be late, but it will never be absent!
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