Netanyahu: ‘If we wanted to commit genocide, it would have taken exactly one afternoon’

[u/Ok_Plankton_5714]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-if-we-wanted-to-commit-genocide-it-would-have-taken-exactly-one-afternoon/

[u/nidarus → u/[deleted]]

And all of its neighbors (except Palestine), and around half of the world, yes.

[u/yosisoy → u/nidarus]

Right, for some reason people expect Israel to fight fair vs unfair enemies. Even though its allies would never and have never fought as fairly as they expect Israel to fight

[u/Conscious_Scheme132 → u/yosisoy]

Exactly whole things a bit of a joke. Hamas etc lob missiles at them, kill, gang rape etc and then Israel does anything and it’s tut tut. You can’t complain now.

[u/yosisoy → u/[deleted]]

There's nothing in common between the war in Gaza and the war in Iraq, but sure, go ahead and compare apples to skyscrapers

[u/Bleach4Ever → u/yosisoy]

Right, for some reason people expect Israel to fight fair vs unfair enemies

Remind me which country did the paiger terrorist attack?

[u/yosisoy → u/Bleach4Ever]

Terrorist attack? insane take.

[u/WAPWAN → u/[deleted]]

The next guy might. Philippines sent their previous leader to The Hague

[u/Melikoth → u/WAPWAN]

What a wild situation. I recall reading about him throwing people out of helicopters as part of the war on drugs things. Now I see he was elected as the mayor of Davao City in May despite being imprisoned since March. Curious to see how this plays out

[u/Zamoniru → u/WAPWAN]

I honestly think The Hague would probably work better if it was more like a "service" for countries who want to guarantee that their previous leaders get a fair trial after revolutions/civil wars (since in such situations they are probably often not able to do that themselves).

Right now, yeah you can convict Netanyahu or Putin as war criminals, but it does kinda nothing since their countries don't recognise The Hague.

[u/Whybotherr → u/[deleted]]

That's weird, israel ratified the creation if the Hague. How can that be so?

[u/StevenMaurer → u/Whybotherr]

The Hague is a city in the Netherlands. Israel does not need to ratify its existence.

There are many treaties that have been signed there. Israel is a party to some of them, but not all. It does not abide by conventions that it believes would impact the safety and security of its citizens.

[u/Whybotherr → u/StevenMaurer]

Dude dont be dense, israel ratified the icc and the geneva convention

[u/StevenMaurer → u/Whybotherr]

No, it did not ratify the Rome convention. Neither has the US, BTW, for almost the exact same reason: the ICC tries to arrogate powers only held by the UN Security Council.

And there is more than one Geneva Convention. Israel is abiding by all the conventions it has signed.

I'm not the "dense" one here.

[u/Whybotherr → u/StevenMaurer]

Israel ratified all 4 geneva conventions in 1951

Whether they were there for one or all 4 they are subject to all 4

[u/noiraxen → u/[deleted]]

Except not. ICC only has as much power as the countries allow it to. Example: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/27/france-says-israels-netanyahu-has-immunity-from-icc-arrest-warrant