BREAKING: Arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and deceased Hamas commander Mohammed Deif by the International Criminal Court. Full Story (updating with reaction). - ThreadSky

yasharali.bsky.social • 118 days ago

BREAKING:

Arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and deceased Hamas commander Mohammed Deif by the International Criminal Court.

Full Story (updating with reaction).

Comments

blabbie.bsky.social•118 days ago

Can’t disagree with this

zachf1.bsky.social•118 days ago

Seems like a purely symbolic decision. Unfortunately, the ICC has no teeth.

ctinstyle.bsky.social•118 days ago

about time

greggesimmons.bsky.social•118 days ago

Good. Now make it happen.

thesituationroomba.bsky.social•118 days ago

Isn't this the second time?

cjistired.bsky.social•118 days ago

I’m glad that this is happening before T takes office again.

prateeksha.bsky.social•118 days ago

How about enforcing those warrants? Putin is still waiting.

pharaohsphilosophy.bsky.social•118 days ago

Holy shit. They actually had the balls to do it.

sfcbenny.bsky.social•118 days ago

Bibi must be pissed, getting warranted at the same time as a dead Arab terrorist.

kittykittymewmew.bsky.social•118 days ago

I feel like they may have missed a few dictators in this round up but I’m patient.

kittykittymewmew.bsky.social•118 days ago

JFC this set off a firestorm of numnuts fighting in my notifications. All blocked bc I don’t care what side of Palestine you stand on, I wasn’t talking about them.
Keep your screaming on Xitter. This place is for intelligent discussion.

faw47.bsky.social•118 days ago

What took so long?

popparoach.bsky.social•118 days ago

Here's hoping the ICC sweeps up more Hamas leaders in the dragnet. At least the ones still alive.

canadianbacon66.bsky.social•118 days ago

Another Trump like idiot who will not suffer the consequences of his actions.

dullcomp.bsky.social•118 days ago

Bibi's corruption trial restarted this month. The Israeli's will probably be the ones to finally put him in jail.

georgiablueneck.bsky.social•118 days ago

Lock them up

hughromine.bsky.social•118 days ago

Why is the lede here the fact that the Israeli government is furious about this? It's Netanyahu's government; Is there opposition to this news? So even on the national stage the murder itself becomes secondary to the fact that people disagree about the murderer? Humanity is lost.

silverbulleit69.bsky.social•118 days ago

Claiming the the crimes started October 8, well before Israel took action really does expose the bias at play here.

dullcomp.bsky.social•118 days ago

Wait, where does it say it started on October 8th? Shouldn't it be the 7th because of Hamas?

silverbulleit69.bsky.social•118 days ago

The arrest warrant says the 8th. Mentions a probably dead Hamas member LoL. It's all so ridiculous.

dullcomp.bsky.social•117 days ago

I get the dead Hamas leaders bit, though. It's just Israel doing the ICC's job for them 😆
Hell, Israel will also probably be the one to jail Netanyahu.

danma24.bsky.social•118 days ago

Go get them right now.

artman13.bsky.social•118 days ago

Waste of paper and time!

skylarthewriter.bsky.social•118 days ago

They can add Joe Biden and Antony Blinken to that list as well!

wjruth.bsky.social•118 days ago

Didn’t you hear, presidents have immunity while performing official acts. SMH

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•118 days ago

What’s the over under on ICC arrest warrants for Trump in next 4 years?

yasharali.bsky.social•118 days ago

Asking earnestly - what would they issue it for? you mean stuff he may do in this admin?

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•118 days ago

I would surmise it would be the treatment of people in detention camps, the jailing of journalists and political opposition & deaths while in custody…& violent deliberate violent repression of peaceful protests.
Usual & customary dictator stuff.
He has no brakes. He’ll break every norm. I’m certain.

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•118 days ago

I truly appreciate your question. It seems unimaginable but it’s a logical progression.
That’s why Gaetz & Hegseth are so important to Trump.
B/c then no one can stop him; no one could enforce even an adversarial SCOTUS ruling. He could ignore. SCOTUS has already given him official acts immunity!

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•118 days ago

So it would be for whatever is to come, but he will progressively mistreat migrants, then trans, minorities, then journalists & political opponents, then non-MAGA.
I have 2 kids in their 20s, I’m terrified of the world they will have to live in and fix somehow.
💔

iamnursetrish.bsky.social•118 days ago

My kids are adults and they aren’t going to have any kids because of this. I don’t blame them. They were robbed of their lives. This world makes me sick.

safeatthird.bsky.social•118 days ago

😝 this will work just as well as Trump indictments

carolynwegner.bsky.social•118 days ago

Unfortunately, I'm not sure anything will come of it

It's more of a symbolic gesture.

naijaace.bsky.social•118 days ago

Unless they have the authority to go into Isreal and arrest him, while even publish this? Usually when we here someone has an arrest warrant, either they are hiding, or running away. Netanyahu is doing none of that and this makes this weak.

jeffkussow.bsky.social•118 days ago

While Israel won’t arrest him, if he travels to any of the 125 ICC member countries he might be.

thenulldevice.bsky.social•118 days ago

Finally! It may not have an immediate practical effect. But these monsters will think twice before traveling outside of Israel.

acdc.bsky.social•118 days ago

What’s the purpose of issuing an arrest warrant for a corpse? Politics/optics?

grouchosghost.bsky.social•118 days ago

I guess his death has not been officially confirmed.

annamariebe.bsky.social•118 days ago

and they forgot Khamenei?

og-paka.bsky.social•118 days ago

Does this actually mean anything?
Trump sanctioned them in 2020 when they threatened to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan.

rosietheblue.bsky.social•118 days ago

Can we get them to take a look at Donald, we couldn't seem to get rid of him, maybe they can?

mbg612.bsky.social•118 days ago

Good. Crimes against humanity are bad.

nevertravelempty.bsky.social•118 days ago

Unfortunately, nothing will happen. Just like nothing happened with Putin.

dizzleydoo.bsky.social•118 days ago

This is shameful. Why wasn’t Putin indicted 3 years ago?

Really? The raid on Entebbe guy? Cmon

nessmb.bsky.social•118 days ago

If they could get him, Putin and trump at the same time, that would make the world a little happier.

nmcgillivray.bsky.social•118 days ago

The ICC won't even follow its on procedures. They are the Court of last resort. Not the first.

karlovski.bsky.social•118 days ago

I want the warrants done for Trump and Putin too!

hulkling-she-her.bsky.social•118 days ago

about time netanyah risks arrest if he travels to any ICC signatory country 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

loveothers.bsky.social•118 days ago

Arrest all of the tyrants!

dharhix.com•118 days ago

I know, it means nothing, but FUCK YEAH.

gdnpearson.bsky.social•118 days ago

Did they really issue an arrest warrant for a dead guy? Can someone explain this to me?

bluelion70.bsky.social•118 days ago

It’s theater, so that they can pretend that they aren’t openly and unilaterally targeting Israel.

dullcomp.bsky.social•118 days ago

I think it's because the Hamas target is not confirmed as dead. I'm not gonna assume the ICC is biased against Israel just yet. The fact that they haven't been boosting the GeNoCiDe agitprop makes me think they're being neutral.

bluelion70.bsky.social•118 days ago

I’m all out of “the benefit of the doubt.” I don’t have any left to give to anyone, particularly with regard to this conflict.