U.S. Hypocrisy Laid Bare as Biden Admin Claims ICC Can’t Prosecute Israel for War Crimes
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Published 2024-05-01
The Biden administration is claiming the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to charge Israeli officials for war crimes. This comes after rumors that the ICC may be close to issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials over possible crimes in Gaza. The International Court of Justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt exporting arms to Israel, but the court declined to throw out the case. For more, we speak with human rights attorney and war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody, who says ICC charges would be a “huge” development. “Since Nuremberg, no international tribunal has issued an arrest warrant for a Western official. For decades, we’ve had this double standard where international justice has only been effective for crimes committed by leaders of developing countries or by enemies of the U.S. like Vladimir Putin,” says Brody.
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All Comments (21)
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America's hypocrisy is disgusting!
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Untouchable like war criminal Bush and Blair.
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International rules based order does not apply to America, UK, and Israel. Hypocrisy at its best.
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Issue the arrest warrants! They are not above the law!
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The u.s. breeds hypocrisy
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Arrest Biden too
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Not ok for Netanyahu but ok for Putin? What a miserable American double standard.
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Licence to.kill no criminal charges,what the Hell going on? ICC must act
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They should send one for Biden, too.
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Go ICC GO, DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY ANYONE.
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How about the us war crimes ??
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Icc should not fail the world by compromising these huge crimes
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A constant reminder that we are absolutely not the good guys.
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Shameful claim by the US
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Why aren’t Blinken and Biden being held accountable by ICC
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They can’t prosecute Israel but they can prosecute Russia, something is not right here. The double standards are amazing.
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Any human rights violation should follow the international Law.
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If ICC does not indict Netanyahu then close the hypocrisy court and make it pay for African arrests made. Useless body.
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I thought everyone knew that it is never genocide, apartheid or a war crime if the perpetrator is the US or Israel. International law and order is there for everyone else.
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It's OK everyone! CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, JOE BIDEN, AND DONALD TRUMP all stand for the RIGHT of Israel to protest Free Speech in AMERICA!
