US lawmakers threaten retaliation against UN court over potential Israel arrest warrants
timesofisrael.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15063426
US lawmakers threaten retaliation against UN court over potential Israel arrest warrants
Other related news: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-working-to-block-feared-icc-arrest-warrants-against-pm-others-over-gaza-war/
Tl;Dr: US officials are shitting themselves because arrest warrants could undermine any attempts to negotiate a cease-fire, but more importantly, because if the ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli politicians, they might turn around and do the same to US politicians. No, seriously. Straight from the article:
"the king will dissolve his laws because they can arrest him"
Sigh. Of course they did.
The good thing about this is that we'll be remembered for being on the "right side" of history. /s
Why in the hell would it be worth expending any political capital to stop an indictment of Netanyahu? He’s going to be in Israeli prison on the corruption charges anyway. It’s not like he’s going to be traveling to any ICC signatory countries. He’ll be lucky if he can ever travel outside his cell.
Its not the first time US does this. 3 years ago they blacklisted ICC member for investigating it's warcrimes in Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx-7-U39MCw