Netanyahu begs Biden to block ICC from trying to put him in prison for war crimes
By ethanh // 2024-05-10
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Afraid that he might actually be held to account for his war crimes in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is begging President Biden to do something to stop the International Criminal Court (ICC) from pursuing justice against himself and several other top Israeli government officials. With more than 34,000 people in Gaza now dead, most of them women and children, Israel is under increasing scrutiny for the war crimes that investigators say Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are committing in Gaza at the direction of Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Back in January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of the United Nations (UN) issued a ruling stating that it is "plausible" Israeli forces have committed acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip. The ICC in The Hague agrees. Citing two anonymous Israeli officials, Axios, which broke the news, reported that Netanyahu phoned Biden last Sunday asking him to use his clout in Washington to stop the ICC from issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and several other top warmongers in Israel's government. NBC News also reported, citing an unnamed Israeli official, that the ICC could also pursue charges against Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and several other unnamed senior military officials in Israel. "Israel is working through diplomatic channels to try to stop the warrants being issued," an NBC article states, adding that the ICC "has an ongoing independent investigation in relation to the situation in the State of Palestine." (Related: Did you know that your elected officials are scheming to unleash "antisemitism monitors" at U.S. college and university campuses.)

Netanyahu goes completely rogue

Never one to take responsibility for his misdeeds, Netanyahu jumped right on social media after news about the ICC's arrest warrants broke to declare that he will never surrender to the international court or any other entity seeking to hold him and his cabinet accountable for genocide. Israel, Netanyahu tweeted, "will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense." "The threat to seize the soldiers and officials of the Middle East's only democracy and the world's only Jewish state is outrageous," Netanyahu continued, inserting carefully placed propaganda into his manipulative diatribe. "We will not bow to it." The issue at hand has nothing to do with Israel being a democracy or a Jewish state. The fact that it is these two things are not why Netanyahu belongs in prison. The reason has everything to do with the fact that Netanyahu has no regard for Palestinian life, and his hatred for the people of Gaza has led him to commit outsized genocide in response to the events of October 7. Israel does not recognize the ICC's jurisdiction, nor is the Jewish state a party to the Rome Statute. Even so, Netanyahu's international travel could be restricted in the 124 countries that recognize the court if the ICC ends up following through with issuing an arrest warrant for him. "Just asking Biden is admitting to the world that the U.S. controls the ICC even though neither is a signatory," one commenter wrote about how Netanyahu just tipped his cards. "Good to see some panic from Netanyahu as he begs Biden for mercy," wrote another. "He's on the ropes and his days are now numbered." "Biden should be included on the warrant along with Zelensky," added someone else to the conversation. "They are facilitators of genocide and complicit in numerous war crimes in Ukraine." "I'm surprised Netanyahu is even having to ask, seeing as how he owns America and Biden and thinks he's the president of the United States," said another. You can run but you can't hide forever, Netanyahu. Learn more at IsraelCollapse.com. Sources for this article include: RT.com NaturalNews.com
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