It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations was to defend Israel despite its war crimes
, responded with predictable vitriol to international criminal court accusations against him and the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Yet his arguments are all spin, designed to divert attention from their devastating conduct in Gaza. The American, British and German governments were little better.
Blinken noted that the ICC, under the principle of complementarity, is supposed to defer to good-faith national prosecutorial efforts. But the Israeli government has never pursued war crime charges against senior officials. Nor, despite Khan’s repeatedthat he was considering charges regarding Israel’s starvation strategy, have Israeli authorities announced an investigation. Khan said he would reconsider his proposed charges should that change.
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