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The International Criminal Court Must Fall

by Will Jones
23 November 2024 3:00 PM

The arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant should be the last the International Criminal Court issues, says Stephen Daisley in the Spectator. Here’s an excerpt:

The ICC accuses the men, whose nation is embroiled in a multi-front war against enemies sworn to its destruction, of using “starvation as a method of warfare”, “murder, persecution and other inhumane acts”, and “intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population”. Merely to say the charges out loud is to expose their absurdity. Not only is there no evidence that Israel is denying the Palestinians food as a military tactic, there is copious evidence to the contrary: 1.1 million tonnes, to be precise. That is how much humanitarian aid, 79% of it food, has been transferred into Gaza since October 7th 2023 under Israeli supervision.

Absurdity is one thing, but malevolence is another. It is an act of wicked cruelty and sadism to invert the truth as the ICC does and accuse Israel of murder, persecution and inhumane acts, the very crimes to which its citizens were subjected by Palestinian invaders on October 7th. The accusation that Israel intentionally targets civilians is simply a lie: the Israel Defence Forces routinely warn civilians in advance of military operations to allow them to vacate the area. Capping off the obscenity is that on this occasion only one warrant was issued against the Palestinian side. That was for Hamas terror chief Mohammed Deif, who has been dead for five months. …

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham says he will be introducing a Bill to punish nations that cooperate with the ICC’s attack on Israel, warning: “If you aid and abet the ICC after their action against the State of Israel, you can expect consequences from the United States.” …

The ICC was established to bring tyrants and human rights abusers to book, but today you have more to fear from this body if you are the elected leader of a democracy striving to protect its citizens from barbarism. The court has dragged itself and the laws it purports to uphold into a mire of politics, prejudice, caprice and improper process. It is no longer fit for purpose and its continued existence harms the global purchase of international law. The International Criminal Court must fall.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: Anti-Israel BiasAntisemitismBenjamin NetanyahuInternational Criminal CourtIsraelIsrael-Gaza ConflictUnited States

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