Israel are going to start WWIII

The situation in Gaza has little impact overall but that small sway of voters can sometimes be the difference in a swing state. It's political really. There's about 7 million jews living in the USA. When they see their homeland getting attacked they will understandably favour a president that backs that state over one that doesn't.

I think despite everything Hamas are still holding on to hostages despite peace deals being on the table for their release and the Lebanese are still firing into Israel. These are the stories they get over there so is it a wonder?

The US have never wanted to be held accountable for their crimes. Biden did welcome the ICC decision to issue a warrant for Putin. The hypocrisy of so many Western leaders has been laid bare by events in Palestine.

Israel and the Jews have been under attack for millennia at this point, from the romans to the saladin led caliphate to Napoleon to Hitler and now the hamas led attacks. Hamas attacked innocent civilians on the 7th of October, that is what escalated the current situation. Hamas are now fighting (and by a lot of accounts winning) a propaganda war against the Israelis. Punch the israelis and then complain when they punch back.

The amount of anti jewish and anti israel (as opposed to anti IDF etc) sentiment that is now seemingly ok these days is tantamount to the impact the hamas led war of propaganda has had on the world.

I look back to the pre and during ww2 cartoons from Axis countries and the amount of anti-jew propaganda included is not dissimilar to what is going on today.

I stress again, I am not jewish. People often claim I am a zionist or jewish because of my views on israel, but it couldnt be further from the truth. I can respect people picking sides or holding different political views but supporting and siding with a group of terrorists who attacked innocent civilians is not ok.

War crimes, don't make me laugh. You cannot have war crimes when you are fighting a defensive war against a group of insurgents that are not party to the international treaty which regulates what a war crime is.

I'm in favor of Israel defending its territory and expanding to include the original Israel areas of Canaan. This would include Judea, Samaria etc. The area of Transjordan from mandatory british palestine was given to the Islamic peoples in the region, and Israel was set aside to be Jewish. I don't understand why islamic encroachment into jewish land is allowed.

Couldn't be further from the truth that you are a Zionist ... Eh, read back your past paragraph

The list of Eurovision countries for 2025 has not been finalised yet. As you say though, this is a major dilemma for the organisers - their current PM being a wanted war criminal is no small matter (Serbia were not allowed compete in Eurovision until the mid 2000s for example).

Ah sure - They're clearly a bunch of anti-semites. There could no other possible reason why they came to the conclusions that they did right? right?

delete, already covered.

For anyone interested, the pre-trial chamber of the ICC unanimously agreed that arrest warrants be issued for Gallant, Netanyahu and Deif. In doing so, they simply agreed that evidence the ICC Prosecutor submitted to them met the legal standard required to take the matter to the next stage. Specifically, they found there are reasonable grounds to believe that Rome Statute crimes have been committed by the three named actors.

The full details of the judgement are an interesting read. As well as issuing warrants, the chamber also rejected challenges Israel submitted (even though Israel does not recognise the ICC).

What I found particularly pertinent is a statement by the Prosecutor. Amid all the posturing from Israel, the US and others about the warrants, he points this out:

Today, our collective mind and focus should be on the victims of international crimes in Israel and in the State of Palestine. In my own meetings with the victims and families of hostages taken from kibbutzim, and with victims from Gaza who have lost so many loved ones, I have underlined that the law is there for all, that its role is to vindicate the rights of all persons.

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

Indeed I'm sure all those legal people missed that point! Sweet Jesus! 🙄

Israel Katz, the bloke who replaced Gallant (suspected war criminal), has hit the ground running:

Haaretz: Israel's Defense Chief: West Bank Settlers No Longer Subject to Detention Without Trial

Defense Minister Katz informed Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar of the decision to stop using detention without trial earlier this week ■ Currently, 3,443 Palestinians and eight Jews are being held without trial

Now this is very funny. All the cranks are gathering round to support Bibi. Has Putin invited his pal to visit yet and offered immunity?

Notable that Lindsey Graham thought the sun shone out of ICC backsides when Putin was indicted but turned 180 degrees yesterday.

At least our leader said he'd be arrested if he set foot in Ireland.

That was just empty pointless statement.

I would actually like to see what would happen if Netanyahu sets his foot on Irish land..

Indeed he will and deservedly so. He is a war criminal. I'd rather he went to Spain though. He wouldn't like their prisons.

Netanyahu would never come here because he would get an unfriendly reaction. His thin skin couldn't handle that. Be interesting if he even bothers to visit Hungary.