Current Events > Israel vows to collapse Palestinian Authority if ICC issues arrest warrants

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https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/us-israel-palestinian-authority-icc-arrest-warrant

The Israeli government warned the Biden administration that if the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, it will take retaliatory steps against the Palestinian Authority that could lead to its collapse, two Israeli and U.S. officials said.

Why it matters: Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned over the last two weeks that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Herzi Halevi.

Driving the news: The ICC, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands, has been investigating since 2021 possible war crimes by both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants dating back to the 2014 Israel-Hamas war.

That investigation has been extended to the Oct. 7 attacks and the war that has been raging in Gaza since then, according to the prosecutor's office.

Behind the scenes: Over the last few weeks, Israel has told the U.S. that it has information suggesting Palestinian Authority officials are pressing the ICC prosecutor to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, two Israeli officials said.

U.S. and Israeli officials said Israel told the Biden administration that if arrests warrants are issued, it will consider the Palestinian Authority responsible and retaliate with strong action that could lead to its collapse.

One possible action could be to freeze the transfer of tax revenues Israel collects for the Palestinian Authority. Without these funds, the Palestinian Authority would be bankrupt.

A senior Israeli official told Axios the threat of ICC arrest warrants is real and stressed if such a scenario happens the Israeli cabinet would likely make an official decision to punish the Palestinian Authority, which could lead to its collapse.

The White House and the Israeli Prime Minster's office declined to comment.
Palestinian Authority officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The issue of potential ICC arrest warrants came up during a call between Netanyahu and President Biden last Sunday, with Netanyahu asking Biden for help, Axios reported earlier this week.

Two U.S. officials said Biden told Netanyahu during the call that a report on Channel 12 in Israel that suggested the U.S. might have given a "green light" to the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders was not true.
Biden stressed during the call the U.S. opposes an ICC investigation against Israel.

Israel wants to hold the world hostage with violence

Haven't they already done that?

Also, their response is literally "if you try to arrest us for war crimes we will commit NEW crimes against the very people we've been oppressing and you want to arrest us over"

Like, fucking a. It's similar to how A.G. Sulzberger of the NYT's response to Biden not giving them an interview because they've been so shitty in how they treated his son and neurotically blasting him over his age while not doing it to Trump was to increase the "Biden old" articles from their shitty publication as retaliation. Because surely that will finally get Biden to sit down for the interview that shit-for-brains thinks they are literally entitled to based off what he's said in meetings.

definitely the actions of people who havent committed war crimes

The ICC is a joke anyway. Bibi isn't threatened by them and is just looking for an excuse to end Palestinian sovereignty once and for all. Fucker belongs on death row and that's why the ICC shouldn't have him.

TheGoldenEel posted...

definitely the actions of people who havent committed war crimes

Yup, totally innocent behavior here /s

Kradek posted...

Haven't they already done that?

Also, their response is literally "if you try to arrest us for war crimes we will commit NEW crimes against the very people we've been oppressing and you want to arrest us over"

Like, fucking a. It's similar to how A.G. Sulzberger of the NYT's response to Biden not giving them an interview because they've been so shitty in how they treated his son and neurotically blasting him over his age while not doing it to Trump was to increase the "Biden old" articles from their shitty publication as retaliation. Because surely that will finally get Biden to sit down for the interview that shit-for-brains thinks they are literally entitled to based off what he's said in meetings.

Fuck the NY times so hard.

but loads of CE people think the student protestors are bad.

CoyoteTheGreat posted...

Fuck the NY times so hard.

Yeah, it's insane the things that have been coming from Sulzberger, like he both claimed they were "independent journalists" and also asserting that the NYT is entitled to an personal interview from the POTUS just because they've had such ease of access.

I haven't treated the NYT with any respect since their coverage of Trump starting 2015, but damn it becomes really apparent with this rift between the 2 parties just how unapologetically awful the upper management of the NYT is.

This is a big example of He who fights monsters in real time.

Will Biden complain about this , like he complains about protesters ?

02fran posted...

This is a big example of He who fights monsters in real time.

No it's not.

So if theyre accussed of crimes...theyre just going to commit these crimes even harder?

Doe posted...

No it's not.

Palestine isn't the monster I'm referring to

al qaeda did this kinda shit too.

ICC: "You're under arrest"

Israel: "I will defend myself"

ICC: "You mean in court?"

Israel: "No, I mean I'm gonna bomb the shit out of Palestine for being bombed so hard that you want to arrest me."

Imagine getting arrested for domestic abuse and literally telling the cops you'll beat your wife harder if they try to put the cuffs on you. And getting away with it!

"if you arrest me for committing war crimes in Palestine I'm going to commit them so much harder"

hockeybabe89 posted...

Imagine getting arrested for domestic abuse and literally telling the cops you'll beat your wife harder if they try to put the cuffs on you. And getting away with it!

This is the exact thought I had from that headline.

hockeybabe89 posted...

Imagine getting arrested for domestic abuse and literally telling the cops you'll beat your wife harder if they try to put the cuffs on you. And getting away with it!

A very good comparison.