Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – France says it can’t arrest Netanyahu because of ICC immunity
Was this the quid pro quo to get Netanyahu to back a ceasefire in Lebanon? Read the article HERE.
ICC
Geopolitics
David Hearst – ICC arrest warrants: The US must distance itself from an increasingly toxic Israel
Israel now has pariah state status. Even under a Trump presidency, that presents a problem for the United States. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker […]
Corruption
Sergey Vasiliev – Tackling Israel’s Interference with the International Criminal Court
A criminal complaint filed in the Netherlands this month over Israel’s attempts to intimidate the ICC should be a wake-up call to Western states. Sergey Vasiliev is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of […]
EU politics
Geneva International Peace Research Institute – Call to the International Criminal Court to investigate Ursula von der Leyen for complicity in war crimes and genocide committed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Gaza
This press release has got no press attention despite Von Der Leyen being in the middle of a re-election campaign, which is why we are highlighting it here. 27 May 2024, Geneva – On May […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – The ICC has suspended Israel’s licence to kill
The ICC arrest warrants is a major defeat for Israel: it can no longer use the cloak of victimhood to shield itself from accountability. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He […]
Geopolitics
Juan Cole – US Cheered ICC Arrest Warrants for Putin’s Crimes. Not So for Netanyahu’s.
Everything US President Joe Biden said in response to the ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders was factually wrong. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest […]
Geopolitics
John Whitbeck – On the ICC’s Announcement of Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas’ Leadership
There is a lot of politics at work in ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s announcement of arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders. John V. Whitbeck is a Paris-based international lawyer. Cross-posted from Counterpunch It […]
Geopolitics
Ali Abunimah – ICC warrants both historic and cynical
It’s clear that ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is playing politics, but that doesn’t mean what he has announced today is not a seismic blow to Israel. In ‘Electronic Intifada’. Read the article HERE.