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Netherlands bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC

143 points · 131 comments · vrganj

guytv · 1790157555 · focus · HN ↗
Israeli here.
Just a reminder: the ICC was founded in the aftermath of WWII, when Jews had no voice and no one fighting for them.
Israel’s finance minister, one of the most senior ministers in the government:
“No one in the world will allow us to starve two million civilians to death, even though it may be justified and moral, until our hostages are returned.”
Israel’s defense minister:
“I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly.”
Someone should prosecute those bastards.
1. celticninja · 1790158027 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. boxed · 1790158219 · focus · HN ↗
    And a time machine I guess? :P
  2. quietbritishjim · 1790158292 · focus · HN ↗
    I think your comment is more ambiguous than you realise. Who is the "them" at the end of your sentence?
    Some would argue that Hamas continues to exist because no one has prosecutes its members.
    Some would argue that Hamas exists because no one prosecutes those in the Israeli government (the "them" of the parent comment) who persecute Palestinians in a way that is bound to cultivate terrorism.
  3. rpastuszak · 1790158501 · focus · HN ↗
    Who is them and who is us? People are dying and we’ve been tricked to treat this as if it were a football game.
  4. woggy · 1790158527 · focus · HN ↗
    And how lucky Israel allowed and facilitated the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars to them.

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