Posted on 05/20/2024 12:07:51 PM PDT by Freeleesy
Herzog: ICC warrants 'beyond outrageous, embolden terrorists' May 20, 2024
Israel National News
Biden calls ICC arrest warrant request for Israeli leaders 'outrageous' By Reuters. Published: May 20, 2024 19:49
Updated: May 20, 2024 19:50. The International Criminal Court prosecutor's application for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is "outrageous," President Biden said on Monday.Jerusalem Post
"And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas," Biden said in a statement.
Actually, I am surprised that Hamas was included in the arrest warrant. I was beginning to think that ICC only had it in for Israel. /Sarc
Have no idea what is being claimed, confusing as hell.
Oh, for bad headlines... I was hoping they wanted Amanpour turned over for crimes.
More here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4238967/posts
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Anti-Semitism: THIS IS CNN!!!!
“Actually, I am surprised that Hamas was included in the arrest warrant. I was beginning to think that ICC only had it in for Israel. /Sarc”
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LOL.
Hamas was included ONLY to make it appear as if “legitimate.” And as if “fair.”
Bkmk
Cheers
May 20, 2024.
‘Egypt explicitly refuses to open Rafah for aid to Gaza. World still blames Israel. What’s wrong with this picture?
Last week, Israel gave a proposal to Egypt to coordinate the re-opening of the Rafah crossing. Egypt rejected it out of hand, insisting that Palestinians must be the only people to control the crossing on the Gaza side. Egypt does not deny any of this. They just say that the humanitarian crisis is Israel’s fault, without elaborating on their refusal to open Rafah or to send aid trucks to Kerem Shalom. So Israel approached the PA to formally control the crossing but to allow the ctul operations be done by a more neutral group - like the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which is hardly neutral. The PA refused....’
Rafah for aid to Gaza. World still blames Israel. What’s wrong with this picture?
Last week, Israel gave a proposal to Egypt to coordinate the re-opening of the Rafah crossing.
Egypt rejected it out of hand, insisting that Palestinians must be the only people to control the crossing on the Gaza side.
Egypt does not deny any of this. They just say that the humanitarian crisis is Israel’s fault, without elaborating on their refusal to open Rafah or to send aid trucks to Kerem Shalom.
So Israel approached the PA to formally control the crossing but to allow the ctul operations be done by a more neutral group - like the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which is hardly neutral.
The PA refused.
Israel approached the EU asking if they can help operate the crossing. The EU has been paying an organization, EUBAM-Rafah, to oversee the Rafah crossing before Hamas took over Gaza. EUBAM employees are still in Israel, getting paid for doing literally nothing (outside issuing press releases on how they promote gender equality) - could they help coordinate aid?
The EU refused.
Hamas, which would collect taxes via the Rafah crossing as well as send its own injured terrorists through the crossingsend its own injured terrorists through the crossing while Gaza civilian casualties were refused entry, is in fulla alignment with Egypt in blaming Israel for the closing of Rafah.
Israel is meanwhile coordinating more aid deliveries than ever. On Sunday, it delivered 422 truckfuls of aid through its own crossings and facilitated 17 more via the US floating pier.
According to COGAT, last Wednesday, it transferred 248 trucks to UN agencies in Gaza - and not one of them was distributed.
Egypt’s refusal to re-open Rafah does not only affect aid. Gaza patients who need to be treated in hospitals in Egypt and abroad cannot leave.
The only country in the world actually trying to get large amounts of aid into Gaza is Israel, with the US contributing a small percentage via the floating pier and several countries contributing a minuscule amount via airdrops.
The only country in the world that has tried to re-open the Rafah crossing is Israel.
Egypt receives $1.3 billion in aid from the US every year and has received $80 billion since 1978. As far as I can tell the US gets next to nothing back besides Egypt acting as a mediator in various Middle East disputes.
But we have not heard a word from the State Department or the White House being upset over Egypt’s refusal to help Gazans. The “pro-Palestinian” protesters have nothing negative to say about Egypt - even though it received billions in aid from US taxpayers. The media is quite unwilling to find out exactly what happens to hundreds of trucks of aid that make it into Gaza but do not go anywhere.
The only country actually doing things to bring aid into Gaza - and being stymied at every turn - is the only one being blamed for their not receiving aid.
https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/05/egypt-explicitly-refuses-to-open-rafah.html
Bkmk
It’s correctly named, this court IS a criminal.
this prosecutor is also trying to make us miss the fact that he is a muslim. A short western style beard. 100% western clothes, western accent.
He of course can dress and present himself any way he wants, but its obvious he wants people not paying close attention to assume he is just some random non-muslim European.
Biden, lawmakers blast ICC’s intent to charge Israeli leaders.
U.S. politicians from both sides of the aisle denounce International Criminal Court prosecutor’s seeking arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and other officials in his government.
By Amy B Wang.
Updated May 20, 2024 at 4:02 p.m. EDT|Published May 20, 2024 at 3:28 p.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/20/biden-republicans-democrats-icc-arrest-warrants-israel/
US lawmakers seek sanctions to punish ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant application.
Synopsis
United States lawmakers are considering imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it issues an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that Congress is exploring all options to punish the ICC for threatening Israeli leaders. He said that the ICC had no authority over Israel or the US and called the decision baseless and illegitimate.
By ANI. Last Updated: May 21, 2024
https://www.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-lawmakers-seek-sanctions-to-punish-icc-over-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-application/articleshow/110290299.cms
Senator Schumer:
‘ICC prosecutor’s decision is unfair and reprehensible’
Elad Benari
May 21, 2024, 6:51 AM
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390285
House Democratic Leader:
‘ICC decision is shameful and unserious.’
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes ICC Chief Prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders: America’s commitment to Israel’s security is ironclad.
Israel National News
May 21, 2024, 4:46 AM
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390278
“this prosecutor is also trying to make us miss the fact that he is a muslim”
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Exactly why we should remind this Islamic bigots motivation...
And this their “moderates...”
Who is ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan, and why is he out to get Israel?
05.20.24 |22:33.
When Karim Khan, ICC chief prosecutor, was elected, many in Israel breathed a sigh of relief, labeling him “pragmatic.” Today, however, he is viewed as an adversary of Israel, sparking significant outrage ... Khan, 54, hails from Edinburgh, Scotland, and belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – a branch that advocates a more moderate form of Islam and which is facing persecution in Pakistan, its country of origin.
https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/h1ydhbtmr
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