How the ICC bared its teeth – and caught the West off guard

How the ICC bared its teeth – and caught the West off guard

today we underline in the clearest possible fashion that international law and the laws of armed conflict apply to everyone for those who support the IC and its Chief prosecutor Karim Khan this demonstrates that the court is not simply an instrument of Western power it shows everybody is equal before the law and that’s important for impartiality and credibility but for Israel and some of its Western allies it is an absolute outrage it shows that the court has lost its way it’s drawing an absolutely unjustified equal sign between Hamas a genocidal terrorist group and Israel a democracy defending itself from unjustified attack there is no moral equivalence between a democratic State exercising its lawful right to self-defense and the terrorist group Hamas the icc’s prosecutors don’t see it that way as far as they’re concerned there’s ample evidence that these crimes took place and that the named individuals are responsible for them

Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is seeking the arrest of three of Hamas’ top commanders but also Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the defence minister Yoav Gallant.

For those that support the ICC and its chief prosecutor, this demonstrates that the court is not simply an instrument of Western power – it shows that everybody is equal before the law, and that’s important for impartiality and credibility.

But for Israel and some of its western allies, the warrant application is an outrage. It shows that the court has lost its way; drawing an unjustified parallel between the armed terrorist group Hamas and Israel – a democracy defending itself from unjustified attack.

The application has forced Western nations to pick a stance – to abide by a warrant, should one be issued, or ignore it and risk shredding the credibility of the institution.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/23/international-criminal-court-arrest-netanyahu-hamas-defence/
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