Israel are going to start WWIII

Can’t see it happening but jettisoning the war criminals would be a fantastic opportunity for the US to get the Israeli monkey of it’s shoulder.

Just a shame they never had a JFK type to vote for, instead they have ended up with Trump instead. Not out of realm of possibility that he may end up even worse than Biden on this issue.

The Israeli regime might distance themselves from convictions in that way but the state will be forever stamped in the minds of people with horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity. The blood on their hands will never wash away

How does this ruling affect those providing Netenyahu with the weapons to enact these war crimes and crimes against humanity??

How is it baffling? They've shredded their international reputation for quite a while now, or have you forgotten the reams of despicable criminal actions they have been the architect of this century alone

The whole of EU (and the UK) have ratified ICC afaik and I think almost all would abide by it. Our countries do try generally to be good global citizens and keep agreements at international level.

The only EU country at present that might allow a visit by Netanyahu after this and refuse to enforce the warrant would be (I suspect, just a hunch given kind of government they have) Hungary.

In practice I expect Germany and the others just won't let him into the country at all.

Given the kind of leader Netanyahu is, it is possible either he or his US friends (the Trump admin.) will try to force the issue down the line and inflict his presence on one of their "allies", but I don't think it will work.

The Israeli regime is fully complicit with the war crime indictments.
They may try and distance themselves but as of today, regardless of the outcome of the ICC case, this stain will never wash off Israel.

Next - the ICC is Hamas and is perpetuating a pogrom…

@toktik - Very good question on aiding and abetting that deserves a bit of research…

The irony of an Israeli Prime Minister indicted for war crimes is indeed palpable.

For those following this since the start and have seen Israeli actions escalate day by day, there must be a sense of justice possibly not being too far away.

But we have seen so many abhorrent actions by the IDF over the last 13 months - they've killed children, women, nuns and even sheep - they even killed their own surrendering hostages. They've turned Gaza into dust. They are starving anyone left. They killed journalists by the dozen and even today, will not allow the press into Gaza to expose Israeli atrocities.

But if all that wasn't enough, they've now started on Lebanon. Hard to know where that will end up.

It would be interesting to hear the take on today's news by pro Israelis.

This is clear anti-semitism from you tayto lover. Israel is only defending itself- therefore it's allowed to commit various war crimes- the rules are only for the bad guys to adhere to.

This is hilarious. All we hear about these days is "international law" and "international obligations" . Next time some virtue signalling neo-liberal f**kwit starts rabbiting on about "international law" and "international obligations" point them in the direction of the United States of America, the de-facto global homogenous hegemon imperator, and show how she adheres to the rule of "international law". The actual architect of virtue signalling neo-liberalism doesn't give a flying f**k about it.

And more and more people are waking up this fact.

The period since 1991, nearly a quarter of a century. The US was the lone superpower. It straddled the world like a colossus. Instead of capitalising on its power, cutting its bloated defence budget and investing in infrastructure, health, education, it squandered trillions of dollars and thousands of lives on failed wars, many at the behest of Israel.
This period will be a study in diplomatic failure.

So it was. Not sure how I forgot that seeing as Biden saw it with his own eyes

A nice big dollop of hypocrisy and mafia like behaviour from Lindsey Graham. Contrast what he said between putin and netanyahu

I can’t post links so I’ll quote some of it below

-The ICC is a rogue and politically motivated organization that is trampling on the very concept of the rule of law. I made it abundantly clear that I believe this entire process is an abuse of the Rome Statute.

-I am confident that President Trump understands that the Court’s actions against Israel sets the foundation for the ICC to come after the United States one day. We must respond forcefully to the Court for our own good.

-Any nation or organization that aids or abets this outrage should expect to meet firm resistance from the United States, and I look forward to working with President Trump, his team, and my colleagues in Congress to come up with a powerful response.

-The International Corrupt Criminal Court has acted in the most absurd and irresponsible manner

-The Court is a dangerous joke. It is now time for the U.S. Senate to act and sanction this irresponsible body.

-Senator Schumer needs to pass the bipartisan legislation that came from the House sanctioning the Court for such an outrage and President Biden needs to sign it.

Bully boy Cs