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Blinken says he wants to work with Congress to penalize International Criminal Court
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments were an early indication of the Biden administration’s openness to taking action against the Netherlands-based court for its application for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan also issued warrants for senior Hamas officials, including its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.
In a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday afternoon, #Blinken said he would “welcome” working with Sen. Lindsey Graham on “bipartisan” sanctions against the ICC.
“It’s clear Israel wants to do all it can to ensure civilian protection,” said #Biden at a White House reception marking Jewish American Heritage Month. “Let me be clear: What’s happening is not genocide.”
Let me be clear: - what is happening - the extreme, purposeful indifference to the lives and well-being of Gaza civilians is genocide. Biden is dead wrong on this point.
This is an extremely poor time to be sucking up to Benjamin Netanyahu. US politicians should think twice before acting on this war criminal's behalf. Genocide Ben is a huge part of the problem.
This comes from my United States Senator:
"Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) on Monday defended the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant along with senior Hamas officials, breaking with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the controversial issue."
Sanders: ICC ‘right’ to seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli defense official
by Alexander Bolton - 05/20/24 4:23 PM ET
The international criminal court is an almost-powerless body that doesn't prosecute white people anywhere near the rate in which it does people of colour.
and yet, hell fucking yeah. that is very much the correct choice. I hope (though it is very unlikely to actuality happen) that all five stand trial for their crimes.
"For #KarimKhan history begins on October 7, even though his investigation has, by his own account, been ongoing for a number of years and is supposed to take into account all crimes committed since 2014. He has yet to address any crimes between 2014 and 2023, notably the crime of #apartheid, the crime of #IllegalSettlements in #OccupiedTerritories..." - #MouinRabbani
#FarhanHaq, a #UN spokesperson, said the new smaller numbers reflected those bodies which had been fully identified. The bigger figures included corpses for whom identification has so far not been completed.
"Israeli officials fear potential ICC prosecution over #Gaza actions. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned top officials of possible arrest warrants, although the ICC has not confirmed issuing any. What would #ICC arrest warrants mean for #Israel's #WarOnGaza – and for #InternationalLaw?"
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Mark Kersten, Asst Prof of Criminal Justice, Univ of the Fraser Valley
what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.
"the ICC announces that they are calling on people to SEND THEM EVIDENCE of war crimes in Darfur ! this means that all of the RSF videos can all be submitted to them and be used in their case! i will attach evidence below for people to submit to http://otplink.icc-cpi.int en masse"
RE this post about the call to submit evidence to the ICC evidence of war crimes in Darfur
Here is an example of something you can put in the file (you can make it anonymous) and the wording is potentially triggering for the videos and those are for murder and abuse--> i am waiting to see if there is anything more relevant but right now thats what ive submitted: