• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    1 month ago

    Yes, I wonder why they could have compared you to mass murderers".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4490z75v3o

    In a bitter personal attack, Mr Netanyahu said Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was one of the “great antisemites in modern times.”

    I’ve checked the ICC most wanted list. It’s here: https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendants

    It’s almost all African warlords. Not a big Jewish demographic, if I’m honest. If the leader of Israel can describe the ICC as antisemites, the word literally has no meaning any more.

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    To avoid that label, he could, like… not mass murder the people of Gaza.

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    1 month ago

    Protests were calling for years for Netanyahu to go to The Hague. Is it happening?

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      No. They would never drag him there but they won’t mind trying him in absentia at some point.

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        No. The ICC never tries anyone in absentia. His arrest warrant, if approved, will stand for all time until he either dies or is arrested. There is no statute of limitations for any ICC charges. This means he is effectively barred from visiting any party to the Rome Statute (124 countries).

        It also means he could potentially be arrested in Israel and handed over to the ICC if he loses an election and the new government wants to get rid of him.

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    1 month ago

    No, Bibi. He’s not comparing Israel to mass murderers. He’s comparing you to mass murderers.

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    1 month ago

    If he’s so upset about being compared to mass murderers he should have not murdered people en masse. It’s actually very easy to not do that

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      1 month ago

      I have, completely by accident and with no significant effort on my part, gone 40 years without mass murdering. It almost just happens on its own.