As an Israeli who has experienced Netanyahu's betrayal of his own people I would enjoy seeing him on trial and would like nothing more than seeing him being led to prison. However, legal action against Netanyahu should be in Israeli courts for countless crimes. At the international tribunal Netanyahu is accused as a representative of his country, Israel. Everyone is very careful not to say that Hamas represents the Palestinian people and explains that the Palestinians are victims of their leadership. Such consideration is not granted Israel, supposedly because Israel is more democratic than "Palestine" but Hamas was elected in Gaza in a manner similar to how Netanyahu was elected in Israel, by a narrow margin and coalition considerations.The international tribunal places Israel and Hamas on equal status as if they are two children fighting in school, and suggests that they should both be punished. This is not the situation.
Whatever Israel's crimes or cruelties towards the Palestinian people, on Oct. 7 Hamas brutally attacked innocent civilians, murdering, raping and kidnapping. Israel had no choice but to respond. Many argue that Israel's response was not "proportional". One could argue about Israel's and Hamas' military tactics but I don't think that is in the realm of the International Court. Israel, under the leadership of Netanyahu's, admittedly crummy government, didn't have much choice but attack their enemy that uses its civilians as human shields. The killing of innocent civilians is Hamas' greatest weapon. It sets the world against Israel and they care more about that than their own people. Hamas certainly had the choice of not attacking and starting this disaster. Even when Palestinians were given opportunities for a peace agreement and the establishment of some kind of state, they clearly stated that they preferred the total destruction of Israel. This conflict is about weather the State of Israel should exist or be destroyed. Where is the symmetry here?
Also the court ignores the fact that Hamas is part of a much larger network of fundamentalist Islamic forces that support it financially and with ideological propaganda, much of which is simply not true. All sorts of support for Hamas has been garnered from unrelated countries such as South Africa, Russia, China, North Korea, etc. and the so called "left". One wonders how much money was invested in that.
The International Court and its activity is influenced by many unrelated factors and is not the arena on which this conflict should be discussed or judged. The same is true of the UN which has passed more resolutions against tiny Israel than against any other country in the world. Israel is also being attacked by Hizbollah, an Iranian proxy army. So why not judge Iran and Lebanon and Syria?
Sadly this supposedly objective court is tainted and not the suitable arena for a discussion of the Jewish-Arab conflict in the Middle East.
And while we are discussing this, why do you think that Britain has any right to participate in any kind of judgement on this conflict when it was Britain that created the conditions for its development? The same is true for most European countries, so maybe this is a good time to support the existence of the Jewish State, created as a reaction to how Jews were treated for centuries in Europe rather than pretend the situation is symmetrical, just two bad apples in the barrel?
Netanyahu should see justice in Israel, and Hamas should be judged by its own people as well. The war between the two groups can only solved by each accepting the other and seeking coexistence. This war has made that more difficult than before which was, I think, its main purpose. It came a second before peace accords between Israel and Saudi Arabia were to be signed. Critical as we are of Netanyahu, it may not have mattered if Israel had a better government and built no settlements in the West Bank. Presently both sides are led by those who wish to destroy the other, but Israel is smaller and weaker in the long run.
As an Israeli who has experienced Netanyahu's betrayal of his own people I would enjoy seeing him on trial and would like nothing more than seeing him being led to prison. However, legal action against Netanyahu should be in Israeli courts for countless crimes. At the international tribunal Netanyahu is accused as a representative of his country, Israel. Everyone is very careful not to say that Hamas represents the Palestinian people and explains that the Palestinians are victims of their leadership. Such consideration is not granted Israel, supposedly because Israel is more democratic than "Palestine" but Hamas was elected in Gaza in a manner similar to how Netanyahu was elected in Israel, by a narrow margin and coalition considerations.The international tribunal places Israel and Hamas on equal status as if they are two children fighting in school, and suggests that they should both be punished. This is not the situation.
Whatever Israel's crimes or cruelties towards the Palestinian people, on Oct. 7 Hamas brutally attacked innocent civilians, murdering, raping and kidnapping. Israel had no choice but to respond. Many argue that Israel's response was not "proportional". One could argue about Israel's and Hamas' military tactics but I don't think that is in the realm of the International Court. Israel, under the leadership of Netanyahu's, admittedly crummy government, didn't have much choice but attack their enemy that uses its civilians as human shields. The killing of innocent civilians is Hamas' greatest weapon. It sets the world against Israel and they care more about that than their own people. Hamas certainly had the choice of not attacking and starting this disaster. Even when Palestinians were given opportunities for a peace agreement and the establishment of some kind of state, they clearly stated that they preferred the total destruction of Israel. This conflict is about weather the State of Israel should exist or be destroyed. Where is the symmetry here?
Also the court ignores the fact that Hamas is part of a much larger network of fundamentalist Islamic forces that support it financially and with ideological propaganda, much of which is simply not true. All sorts of support for Hamas has been garnered from unrelated countries such as South Africa, Russia, China, North Korea, etc. and the so called "left". One wonders how much money was invested in that.
The International Court and its activity is influenced by many unrelated factors and is not the arena on which this conflict should be discussed or judged. The same is true of the UN which has passed more resolutions against tiny Israel than against any other country in the world. Israel is also being attacked by Hizbollah, an Iranian proxy army. So why not judge Iran and Lebanon and Syria?
Sadly this supposedly objective court is tainted and not the suitable arena for a discussion of the Jewish-Arab conflict in the Middle East.
And while we are discussing this, why do you think that Britain has any right to participate in any kind of judgement on this conflict when it was Britain that created the conditions for its development? The same is true for most European countries, so maybe this is a good time to support the existence of the Jewish State, created as a reaction to how Jews were treated for centuries in Europe rather than pretend the situation is symmetrical, just two bad apples in the barrel?
Netanyahu should see justice in Israel, and Hamas should be judged by its own people as well. The war between the two groups can only solved by each accepting the other and seeking coexistence. This war has made that more difficult than before which was, I think, its main purpose. It came a second before peace accords between Israel and Saudi Arabia were to be signed. Critical as we are of Netanyahu, it may not have mattered if Israel had a better government and built no settlements in the West Bank. Presently both sides are led by those who wish to destroy the other, but Israel is smaller and weaker in the long run.