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International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. He falsely accused them of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack in Israel on October 7th. The bogus charges include starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, and extermination and/or murder.
In a crass attempt to portray himself as “even-handed,” the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor also announced that he is seeking arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders for their commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity. They are Yahya Sinwar, Head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (aka Deif), Commander-in-Chief of the military wing of Hamas, and Ismail Haniyeh, Head of Hamas Political Bureau.
Israel is fighting a war for its survival against Hamas, the terrorist organization that triggered the war in Gaza with its genocidal attack inside Israel that killed the most Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. Nevertheless, Mr. Khan equates the democratically elected leaders of Israel who are trying to defend their people against genocide with the bloodthirsty maniacs who are leading a terrorist organization committed to annihilating Israel because it is a Jewish state.
This represents the perversion of international law at its worst. By his actions in this case, the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC has effectively eliminated the distinction between moral and lawful acts of self-defense on the one hand and immoral and unlawful acts of aggression with the intent to commit genocide on the other. He has eliminated the distinction between good and evil.
As Prime Minister Netanyahu put it, Mr. Khan has created “a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of Israel and the henchmen of Hamas. This is like creating a moral equivalence after September 11th between [former US] President [George] Bush and [slain al-Qaeda leader] Osama Bin Laden, or during World War II between [former US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt] FDR and [former German Chancellor Adolf] Hitler.”
To his credit, even President Biden issued a statement denouncing Mr. Khan’s announcement, declaring that “whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas.” Unfortunately, however, President Biden’s recent actions distancing his administration from Israel’s government by cutting off the delivery of some weapons to Israel and calling prematurely for an immediate and permanent ceasefire play into the hands of Hamas.
Contrary to the vile propaganda spread by the Palestinians themselves and their supporters in the so-called “international community” and mainstream media, Israel’s military has done more to protect civilians during wartime than any military has done in modern history. It has done so despite Hamas’ deliberate use of civilians as human shields and its use of civilian facilities such as hospitals – both within and underground – as command centers as well as places to hide fighters and store weapons.
Regarding the availability of food and other necessities in Gaza, Israel has opened crossings to allow the entry of convoys with such supplies to the extent that is consistent with its security requirements. The United Nations and other groups responsible for distributing the aid to the Gazan civilians who need it have failed to do so properly. Hamas has stolen some of these supplies for its own use, abandoning Gazan civilians who are desperate for food and water. The terrorists also launched rockets from Rafah, which landed in the vicinity of one of the crossings and killed three Israeli soldiers. In response, Israel temporarily closed that crossing, which it has since reopened despite the risks to its troops.
Hamas is responsible for the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, not Israel. Hamas started the war in the first place. The terrorists broke one humanitarian ceasefire during the war while also blocking agreement on a longer ceasefire. They have deliberately put Gazan civilians in mortal danger by using them as human shields and shooting at civilians trying to evacuate after being given warnings by Israel to leave for their own safety. And Hamas has deliberately abandoned Palestinian civilians to fend for themselves and face starvation while the terrorists steal aid meant for those civilians and launch attacks that interfere with the safe delivery of aid.
Hamas, not Israel, has committed crimes against humanity on the civilian Gazans as well as on civilians in Israel. Israel is using its best efforts to comply with the Geneva Conventions regarding the conduct of war and the protection of civilians. Hamas has deliberately defied the Geneva Conventions.
The ICC Chief Prosecutor is not only ignoring or deliberately distorting the facts. His use of the ICC to engage in lawfare against Israel exceeds his legal authority under the Rome Statute, which governs the ICC. Like the United States, Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute and is therefore not subject to the ICC’s jurisdiction even though Palestine has been admitted as a member state party to the Rome Treaty.
The ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber decision in 2021 that the ICC’s jurisdiction extends to crimes covered by the Rome Statute that have allegedly occurred in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967 was an exercise in circular reasoning. It relied on the Pre-Trial Chamber’s previous decision to treat Palestine as a state for the purposes of ICC investigations, irrespective of whether it meets the more general conditions for statehood under international law. The Pre-Trial Chamber referenced in support of this ruling the Palestinians’ own self-serving declaration of statehood and its decision to accede to the Rome Statute as a member state party.
The problem is that the Rome Statute does not authorize the Pre-Trial Chamber to create its own special definition of what constitutes a “state” specifically for ICC purposes. The Pre-Trial Chamber itself admitted that the ICC is not constitutionally competent to determine matters of statehood that would bind the entire international community.
Palestine fails to meet certain basic criteria under international law to qualify as a legitimate state. It lacks effective sovereignty over the territory it claims within defined, undisputed borders. It also lacks a government that has effective governance authority over all Palestinians residing within both the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have split this authority, unable to overcome their irreconcilable differences.
The Palestinians’ status as a member state party to the Rome Statute may give it bragging rights. And it may give them the limited right to invoke the Rome Statute’s protections in those cases where the ICC has legitimate jurisdiction, as agreed upon by the Rome Statute’s member states. But the Palestinians’ membership as a state party to the Rome Statute does not extend the ICC’s jurisdiction to Israel, which is not a party to the Rome Statute. The ICC lacks the legal authority to issue warrants for the arrest of Israel’s leaders, to prosecute them, or to put them on trial.
There is a fly in the ointment, however. The many parties to the Rome Statute that support the Palestinians against Israel may honor ICC arrest warrants issued against the Israeli prime minister and defense secretary, exposing them to arrest if they step foot on those countries’ soil. The Israeli leaders do not have to worry about the United States, which is not a state party to the Rome Statute. But the Israeli leaders will have to think twice before visiting countries in Europe like France or Germany, for example, which are state parties to the Rome Statute.
The United States has blocked concerted attempts so far by the Palestinians and their supporters to promote the Palestinian entity from an Observer State at the United Nations to a full-fledged member state of the UN. How long the Biden administration will continue resisting pressure from Arab, European, and other countries to stop vetoing such resolutions at the Security Council remains to be seen. But the dam continues to break as Ireland, Spain and Norway have become the latest countries to announce that they will recognize a Palestinian state. All three of these countries are state parties to the Rome Treaty.
Jews have been treated as pariahs in the lands where they have lived for more than two millennia. Blood libel led to massacres and pogroms, culminating in the slaughter of six million Jews during the Holocaust. World leaders turned away or actively contributed to the Jews’ tragic plight.
Jews were defenseless against their anti-Semitic persecutors. But that changed when the Jewish state of Israel became independent in 1948 and developed the means to defend its people seeking to live safely in their ancestral homeland.
Now anti-Semitism is surging to alarming heights all over the world, including in the United States. Sometimes it is cloaked under the guise of anti-Zionism with lies accusing the Jewish state of apartheid, racism, colonialism, and all the other usual pejoratives. Too often the anti-Semitism is all out in the open.
The Jew-haters detest the fact that Jews no longer must live at the whim of bigots who consider them the “other” in countries where Jews constitute a tiny minority. The Jew-haters would like nothing more than another Holocaust and they cheer on the Palestinian terrorists whose aim is to wipe out the Jewish state and kill as many Jews as possible.
Hamas and other Iranian-backed Islamist terrorists do the dirty work while the Palestinian Authority’s fake “diplomats” use the UN and other international forums to isolate, delegitimize, and demonize Israel. Their lawfare at the ICC is part of this cynical plan.
Israel must fight back not only on the battlefield but everywhere it is maligned with anti-Semitic slurs. And Israel’s friends in the United States and around the world must stand with Israel to fight the lies by shouting out the truth from the rooftops as often as possible.
How about going after the Real Terrorists supporters UN, Soros and the Globalists Antifa, BLM and all those Soros supports
In spite of the ICC having no legitimate jurisdiction over Israel, the “fly in
the ointment” as mentioned by Mr, Klein regarding the many parties to the
Rome Statute that support the Palestinians against Israel – has appeared.
Germany has already announced that it would arrest Prime Minister
Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant in support of an ICC warrant.
And celebrity globalist-communists are out in the open trying to bring
down Israel as well. Leftist legal advisor and glamour puss Amal Clooney –
wife of actor George Clooney – lent her expertise to the ICC in advising
them to issue warrants for Netanyahu’s and Gallant’s arrest. Not to
mention that the mainstream media – a leftist globalist institution if ever
there was one – props up the Clooneys positively every chance it gets.
Amal Clooney glamour puss? More like an old folk song by Shel Silverstein with the better explanation,”
“After you’ve been havin’ steak for a long time,
Beans, beans taste fine.
An’ after you’ve been drinkin’ champagne and brandy
You gonna settle for wine.”
It is true if it means all facade and no morals.
Who is Karim Khan?
Karim Khan is a British lawyer of Pakistani descent. Khan is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Ahmadiyya is a radical fundamentalist Islamic messianic movement.
Ahmadi thought emphasizes the belief that Islam is the final dispensation for humanity as revealed to Muhammad
The Ahmadis have a strong missionary tradition, having formed the first Muslim missionary organization to arrive in Britain and other Western countries. They have one of the most active missionary programs in the world.
Currently, the community is led by its caliph, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and is estimated to number between 10 and 20 million worldwide. The movement is almost entirely a single, highly organized group.
That is the person who is falsely accusing the Prime Minister of the Jewish State.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Ahmad_Khan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya
Sounds like Khan’s caliph is due for a helicopter ride.
Clarify in your mind that the genocide against the Jewish people by Islam has been prevelent for thousands of years and start naming who the real terrorists are, their actions, (rapes, beheadings, burnings, bombings, and pillaging villages.). How do you clarify the actions of terrorists and blame those who have not been the instigators or the creators of deliberate attempts to wipe out a line or a seed? People are sick of the ignorance!
Wouldn’t bother me if Israel just sent the hit
To paraphrase psalms: evil has risen from the grave and must be returned to the grave.
My conspiratorial take on this ICC thing is that, to trick American voters into thinking that Biden supports the viability of Israel, Obama worshipper Amal Clooney, married to Obama’s besty George, engineers, for election purposes, this absurd warrant. Then, Biden makes a show of ‘rejecting’ the warrant, the rejection being in words only (true to the consistent anti Israel policy – say one thing, do another). Because Biden, via Schumer’s mouth, wants to get rid of Netanyahu. Obama-Biden election strategists, you know, the ones who hate America and Americans, say, “If we can just keep stringing those dumb Americans along ‘til November, deceive those pathetic, ignorant masses, we’ll win and finally be able to destroy Israel and fulfill Obama’s dream obsession. Four more years should do it.”
Really, are basic, ordinary Americans that dumb?
So, whereas the US won’t arrest Netanyahu when he comes to speak to Congress, the member ICC Israel obliterationists will; so what does it matter if blithering Biden ‘rejects‘ this election strategy warrant?
Are Americans that dumb?
Disinterested, yes. Not dumb. Apparently more interested in anything but foreign policy, yes.
But dumb?
Interested in abortion, yes. More interested in abortion than even money, if forced to choose? I cynically think yes.
(As an aside – I wonder if pro lifers are also against aborting Israel. Does being pro ‘choice‘, i.e. pro death, include aborting Israel?
If so, would that make Muslims pro ‘choice‘? Are Muslims pro choice? No no no, I would think.
Stinkin’ Blinken is ‘working’ with Congress to ‘sanction’ the ICC like he’s ‘working’ with Israel’s war cabinet to destroy Hamas.
Americans are not dumb.
They’ve been fooled, lied to, manipulated and abused.
To win now and in November, Republicans must appeal to the intelligence of the ordinary, basic American people. The Democrats do not do this. They can’t.
If we are not liars, traitors, pseudo royalty or bigots, we are ordinary, basic, and therefore, truly exemplary Americans.
One of Clintons last acts of Treson was singing America into the ICC
Even a partially fair investigation and hearing by the Marxist infested and influenced International Court of Justice is very unlikely if not impossible regarding and libelous accusations of genocide against Israel when , in reality, it’s those jihadists of Hamas who committed action of attempted genocide against the Jewish people.
For it was Hamas that stated that current war in the Middle East by murderously invading Israel, on October 7,th , and now has its jihadists hide their terror and weapon centers among civilians ,including children in Gaza and then have the gall to blame the Israel Defense Force when civilians are killed.
For it was Hamas using its jihadists stooges then attempted to commit genocide against the Jewish people and the jihadists of Hamas even went further in heinous evil by kidnapping many Israel’s and raping many Jewish females .
Those Hamas jihadists are so cruel and vicious that they even took Jewish infants and burned them to death while they were still alive.
In spite of all those facts, some despicable people want to have acquittal for Hamas from all is wicked jihad terrorism and release its jihadists from the monstrous Islamic evil that they have so vicious committed and are very guilty of, and yet condemn Israel for striking back and Hamas in self- defense. This is absurd and wrong. Very absurd and wrong.
To add to this m libelous and slanderous of false charges of genocide are made against Israel about it heads of government and the IDF.
Such charges are as absurd as they are also wrong. Those changes are very absurd.
Related to this, the Bible informs its reader that “Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent – – the Lord detests them both.” Proverbs 17:15. [N.I.V.]
Prime Minister Netanyahu should have the the MOSSAD target ICC members for arrest or worse. And we all know how capable the MOSSAD is…
Islamic cancer has spread all over.
The common factor for all terrorist/criminal supporting organizations is muslims.
They are on the mission to destroy all civilizations, not to integrate.
Cut Chubby’s meal ticket.
If you really believe that is Ismail Haniyeh, one of the three top dogs of Hamas, did not know about October 7th in advance, then I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. Price negotiable.
The ICJ has politisized positions, and their recommendation is not recognized! This decision to arrest Netanyahu was absurd, unjust, and rediculous by the International Court of so called Justice to order Israel to stop trying to destroy the Hamas terror army, and halt the military offensive in Rafah. Leaving Hamas in Rafah is not an option, theres been too many horrible attacks on Israel, including the trauma on October 7 and their people. The IDF has destroyed 18 of the Hamas battalions, each composed of 1,500 fighters. The God of Israel has a plan and gives us the option to share the news.
I’m afraid you’re a bit confused. The International Criminal Court is the body that wants to arrest Netanyahu, not the International Court of Justice! The ICC was created by the ‘Rome Statute’ and is a treaty signed by 124 countries, but the USA and Israel are not signees to the treaty and the ICC has no power to arrest anyone who did not sign. The ICC a Marxist tinged organization, as is the UN.
I wonder if this clown has ever heard of Mossad, the best intelligence organization in the world. He had better be careful of what he says or they will set there crosshairs on him. You don’t want to be in Mossad crosshairs.
Why are you citing anti-Semites?
How many brigades does the ICC chief prosecutor control? He’ll need some when he goes up against a non-signatory sovereign nation. His threats are bogus and ridiculous, but they give this useless globalist something to do from his safe HQ in The Hague. This simply underscores the corruption and uselessness of the UN.
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Arrest Soros, Bragg, Gates, Obama, Clinton(Bill)Smith(Jack)Merchan and those Antifa/BLM hoods