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Summary
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and during the October 2023 attacks.
The court alleges actions like depriving Gaza civilians of essential resources.
Israel and the U.S., non-members of the ICC, reject the warrants, with Netanyahu calling them antisemitic.
Hamas also criticized the decision.
The practical enforcement of these warrants remains uncertain, as the ICC lacks authority to compel arrests.
Israel causes no end of problems in the region and has nonstop for 80 years. They are a tremendous burden to us for very little gain. They have not helped in any of our middle east efforts. One of their key tenets is no foreign troops on their soil. We dont even resupply our ships there. It was a major event in 2016 when we resupplied a single ship there and it hasnt repeated. We have no shared airstrip and no operational capability centered out of there. We have a single joint owned radar station with a dozen men in it in the negev.
American fighters were not even allowed to land in Israel when they were defending Israel from Iranian missiles. They operated out of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/10/us-f-16s-arrive-middle-east-israel-prepares-iran-strike
Israel is flatly not an important ally, much less the most important ally. Lebanon was an ally. Jordan is an ally, as is Turkey. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar are also key allies. The thing all our allies have in common is that they have a problem with Israel.
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