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ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

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Re: ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

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Post by threemux »

alexisread wrote: post #242
threemux wrote: post #51

Not super meaningful in reality - any country looking to arrest either man should tread carefully. The American Service-Members' Protection Act authorizes the President of the United States to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court". Israel is listed in the…

The question here is why is only Israel covered in this act? Also anti-BDS legislation in finance, regardless of ethical etc. concerns? The US gives $4bn/year to Israel gratis, and so far $20bn in weapons over the course of this conflict, including advanced weapons like the F35 WITH source code access (which no other F35 partner has) - why? There have been no investigations of US deaths WRT settler violence, aid work…

It's not only Israel. It's all of NATO plus "major non-NATO allies" specifically Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Argentina, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand

Re: ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

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Post by GordonS »

maccard wrote: post #119
KSteffensen wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand how a tiny country like Israel has become so important in global politics. By population Rwanda is ~30% larger than Israel.

They’re a western bastion in very close proximity to the Middle East, with a cultural and religious tie to a not insignificant number of Americans. It’s also a wealthy country.

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Post by MrMcCall »

GordonS wrote: post #208
bbqfog wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Well, what a person calls a thing and what it is are often two different realities.

That's why it is existentially important to understand when a person is a liar, and then never elect them to govt.

Yeah, I know, that ship is sailed, but we could place a new framework on whom we choose to run our govts.

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Post by fldskfjdslkfj »

dang wrote: post #36
28304283409234 wrote: post #24

How is this 'flagged'?

Users flagged it, as is common for the most divisive topics. I've turned the flags off now, in keeping with HN's standard practices: some (but only some) stories with political overlap are allowed, and in the case of a Major Ongoing Topic (MOT) we prefer the stories that contain Significant New Information (SNI). [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange…

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Re: ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

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Post by School-Cotton »

Cumpiler69 wrote: post #73
aphantastic wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s really rather simple. Anyone on this planet only has as much authority as their guns provide them. The people who operate these courts have fewer guns than the US, so they don’t get authority over US interests.

Of course. Isn't it obvious how in history books the "good guys" were always those with the most guns who ended up defeating the guys with less guns, who lost and were always the bad guys, 100% of the time? What a strange coincidence.

Do you have an example of someone who is widely regarded as "good guys" that you disagree with?

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Post by nick3443 »

HappyPanacea wrote: post #221
Cyph0n wrote: post #94

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1. Israel de facto controls the Rafah border. 2. Due to (1), and clear & consistent messaging by Israeli officials on Gaza resettlement as a goal, Egypt understands that “temporary” refugees will be unable to return - i.e., a repeat of 1948 and 1967.

I don't think Israel controlled the Rafah border in the start of the war which is when they made their declaration of not allowing aid.

Correct. The first citation is from when Egypt and Palestinians controlled the border, the second is from later on when Israel controlled the Gaza side of the border. Egypt still controls the Egypt side of the border, regardless whether Israel or Palestine controls the Gaza side.

Re: ICC issues warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

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Post by IncreasePosts »

alexisread wrote: post #242
threemux wrote: post #51

Not super meaningful in reality - any country looking to arrest either man should tread carefully. The American Service-Members' Protection Act authorizes the President of the United States to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court". Israel is listed in the…

The question here is why is only Israel covered in this act? Also anti-BDS legislation in finance, regardless of ethical etc. concerns? The US gives $4bn/year to Israel gratis, and so far $20bn in weapons over the course of this conflict, including advanced weapons like the F35 WITH source code access (which no other F35 partner has) - why? There have been no investigations of US deaths WRT settler violence, aid work…

We give Jordan $1.6B/year, what does it give in return? What about Ethiopia at $2B/yr?
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