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20. Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:46 AM

Apr 24

Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/netanyahu

Netanyahu

About Defendant
Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, born on 21 October 1949, Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the relevant conduct.

Arrest warrant issued on 21 November 2024

Accused LastName
Netanyahu

Accused FirstName
Benjamin

Charges
Allegedly responsible for the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare and of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.

Primary Accused
Off

Accused Crime

War crimes
Crimes against humanity

Accused States
At large

Situation Name Colloquial
State of Palestine

Defendant site URL
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges

Initial Order
Warrant of arrest

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History Is Indispensable to Journalism Re Gaza and Israel [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 23 OP

Israel's critics are always accused of anti-Semitism , a charge that serves to silence even the mildest questioning of t IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 23 #1

Not always. Only when criticism of Israel is punctuated by overt antisemitism. Beastly Boy Apr 24 #15

Consortium News Is a left wing piece of garbage. They blame Ukraine and JohnSJ Apr 23 #2

Roger Waters is mentioned on Consortium News's "about" page as a major donor. N/T lapucelle Apr 23 #4

I guess that says it all. Thanks, I wasn't aware. JohnSJ Apr 23 #7

Consortium News changed the verb "settle" to the noun "settlers" in their fanciful retelling of Dayan's eulogy. lapucelle Apr 24 #10

Consortium News was 100% CORRECT about Bush and the Iraq war... Jack Valentino Apr 23 #5

Did you read the link I supplied: JohnSJ Apr 23 #6

No.... that anchor text is disconcerting indeed. Jack Valentino Apr 24 #8

Without question Iraq was a complete setup, and was the perfect example of unintended JohnSJ Apr 24 #9

Consortium News is rated left wing by both News Guard and Media Bias Fact Check. lapucelle Apr 24 #11

How odd of Consortium News to actually change a key word and conflate decontextualized lapucelle Apr 23 #3

The usual folks won't like this malaise Apr 24 #12

If by "usual folks" you mean DUers who object to changing words, lapucelle Apr 24 #13

They already don't Bettie Apr 24 #24

THIS malaise Apr 24 #25

Of course DUers don't like what is typically a right wing tactic. lapucelle Apr 25 #26

For context, which is entirely absent from your article: Beastly Boy Apr 24 #14

Genocide is not the answer IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #16

"Genocide" is the strawman concocted by anti-Israel propagandists long before the Gaza war. Beastly Boy Apr 24 #17

UN defines genocide, is exactly what Israel is doing in Gaza IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #19

What you cited is the incomplete definition of genocide, Beastly Boy Apr 24 #22

It is NOT what Israel is doing in Gaza, lapucelle Apr 25 #28

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 #31

It's clear from your citation of the Geneva Convention that it is not genocide. lapucelle Apr 25 #32

Dec '24: Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 #33

Amnesty admits on page 101 of their report that the war does not fit the definition of genocide. lapucelle Apr 25 #34

Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #20

Accusing, or even chargung, is not trying. Beastly Boy Apr 24 #23

They know where he lives. yagotme Apr 25 #27

So the ICC arrest warrant is not for genocide? lapucelle Apr 25 #29

countless families across Gaza, their lives shrouded in darkness of this genocide IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #18

What does this response have to do with my post, or the invokation of Dayan inyour OP? Beastly Boy Apr 24 #21

Why would somebody born in Gaza be a "third generation Palestinian refugee"? lapucelle Apr 25 #30