ICC to Investigate Israel: Who Knew War Crimes Were Illegal?
The ICC's decision means the court will proceed with its probe into actions taken by Israeli forces, alongside those by Hamas and other Palestinian groups. This comes after years of accusations and ample evidence documented by human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, often ignored by mainstream media until the body count became undeniable. Frankly, this isn't
Netanyahu's first rodeo; similar allegations surfaced after conflicts in 2008-09, 2012, 2014, and 2021, each met with staunch rejection of ICC jurisdiction, while the US consistently shielded Israel at the UN Security Council. One might wonder if the US's rapid condemnation of possible ICC action against its 'ally' (as Secretary Blinken recently stated, 'We stand with Israel') has anything to do
with its own non-ratification of the Rome Statute. Or perhaps it's merely a consistent pattern for the world's self-proclaimed standard-bearer of democracy to conveniently ignore international law when it crimps geopolitical strategy. The selective application of justice, it appears, is merely 'statecraft.'