Will ICC action deepen Israel's international isolation? | Inside Story

In nearly seven months of war, more than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed and large parts of the Gaza Strip destroyed.
The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Prosecutor Karim Khan has also applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders for the October 7th attack on Israel.
So what does this mean for the devastating war on Gaza?
And how does international legal pressure on Israel impact the realities on the ground?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Diana Buttu - Palestinian Lawyer and Legal Analyst.
Daniel Levy - President of the US/Middle East Project and a former member of the official Israeli delegations to peace talks with the Palestinians at Taba and Oslo.
Kate Mackintosh - Executive Director of the University of California Los Angeles Law School's Promise Institute for Human Rights Europe. She previously served at the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
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[@nokeno74]

The hypocrisy is just amazing!

[@LittlePenguin1-17]

The Political Drama, even more so

[@abc33944]

Gaza is only the tip of the iceberg … Israel has masterminded many false flags to coherce the USA to war over 70 odd years….

[@DayMaker007]

Where is the accusation on Russia?!?!? People just hear what they like

[@milagroskloostra5063]

@@DayMaker007Dont mess countries! Now we are talking about Gaza and about beastly GENOCIDE!!!

[@alinasir-py4np]

Threatening the ICC is a disgrace

[@pechoja]

October 2015 UN Delegates voted unanimously that Netanyahu as violating the Human Rights of Palestinians. The next step was to refer his case to the ICC. Trump just elected hired Nikki Haley, midterm Governor of So Carolina, quit to be US UN Delegate and appeared in the Delegates and announced that if he was referred to ICC that, "We will be taking names." Likely implying foreign aid of their representing country would be affectted. Netanyahu gave Haley "Honorary citizenship of Israre". Had Haley not stopped the process there would likely not have been a genocide. Wonder if that has ever occured to her, but she said last Nobember for Israel to "finish it off". Hopefully she is not going to be selected to be Trumps VP if he is elected. She is a Trojan Horse and has little to no experience needed to lead a country if she had to replace the President. Kennedy has some great proposals for changes he wants to make that are astounding. Trump set Haley to threaten the UN Delegate vote, and he converted to Judaism when in office and has kept it mum. He is not going to be much different than Biden in my lowly opinion.

[@sihammaalal-mh4ul]

Yeah I believe Kennedy will be a Great 👍 and Fair President for us 🇺🇸 Much better than the 2 Zionists joe babies killer and Corrupt trump

[@JonathanB138]

I'm hoping that they will be issuing warrants for the Biden administration as well as other Western governments for being COMPLICIT

[@miloslavski6149]

Hiding from ICC in a tunnel is brave.

[@salmaelhamy9419]

Biden also need to go to criminal court for funding weapons and explosives materials to Israel and millions of dollars to support genocide. Biden always turn his back to other countries, he racist and he’s aggressive. Seen his side when a man spoke to him during a speech and was aggressive to the man. Also this goes to the people who controls Biden.

[@petribz400]

The fact that Netanyahu would even mutter the words about the right of basic defense when the Palestinians have none just disgusting

[@Martin-jd5pn]

What is he supposed to do? Permanently ceasefire and allow hamas to rebuild itself and repeat Oct 7 attacks again?

[@myronbuchmeier6291]

@@Martin-jd5pn maybe he could stop taking their land and killing people,this didnt start on Oct 7,WAKE UP

[@user-gh8eb3xs7f]

Hamas defeated his people against Israel. Israel killed thousands of innocent civilians in Palestine not one country opened their mouth said nothing but when Hamas attacked Israel back the world open ther mouth ears ,eyes and there holes cry foul

[@gwizzler]

@@Martin-jd5pn Give them back their lands

[@blueblack3591]

He is a monster

[@adammsa5303]

124 countries agree for Arrest warrant. almost whole planet agree Israel should obey with international laws....

[@jeffspicolli593]

LOL. Most of those 124 countries are theocracies, tolitarian regimes and dictatorships.

[@GraceCole-qy6ul]

Chinese debt slaves*

[@jcmata92]

Listen better.. no arrest warrant has been issued.. only submitted for review.. why do people have selective hearing.. 🤦🏽‍♂️ so has Putin and we all know has that's going.. we all can see that stop him from continuing he's objective..

[@tinaninglynn]

Obviously your education was in an UNRWA school! When you learn that India, China , Russia and the US are not part of the Rome Statue, your whole world just shrunk. Please learn more about the topic at hand before posting moronic comments.

[@User-ig5do]

No, 124 countries are signatories to the ICC. This doesn't inherently mean they all support the potential arrest warrant.

[@csharpe5787]

Of course Biden will say that, because he’s complicit.

[@tikioluu2321]

As he licks his ice cream 🍦

[@jcmata92]

America is not part of ICC because we all know this court is a circus🎪 with a bunch of 🤡's saying a bunch of jokes!! They have a warrant for Putin and we all know how that's going!!

[@pechoja]

should have issued arrest warrant for Biden and Blinken.

[@coleengoodell7523]

Yep, and he's either a drunk or demented. Unfit for office.

[@miloslavski6149]

@@pechoja Dr Raisi does not need a warrant.

[@buddadavid480]

Stop the genocide free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@henben9215]

Where is Palestine?

[@nokchatsungbakichu1854]

Where is south Africa?

[@theobservationsreal3291]

​@@henben9215 On every map from 170 AD to 1948 and if we are talking Arabs they go back as far as 3000BC is when they were first recorded battling Assyrians in the region. They were in the land pre and post Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

[@dingdingdingding2871]

@@henben9215where is your dad?

[@hilarymiseroy]

Appeasing terrorists is deeply stupid. Karim Khan is making the ICC a joke.

[@fashioncitymetaverse]

Free Humanity Free PALESTINE 🇵🇸

[@hilarymiseroy]

Free women from Muslim oppression.

[@miloslavski6149]

Free Eastern Azerbaijan.

[@mohindersinghrai5945]

What a coward Netanyahu

[@miloslavski6149]

What a brave Sinwar in his tunnel.

[@mehr84]

@@miloslavski6149doesn’t change that Netanyahu is a coward

[@miloslavski6149]

@@mehr84 Mr Sinwar is the bravest tunnel hider in Khan Yunis.

[@mehr84]

@@miloslavski6149 they’re both cowards. The fact that you’ve just stuck with sinwar shows how stupid you are

[@abdulrahmanabdulghani8833]

he is a pathological compulsive liar

[@louiethesquid1996]

As a United States citizen, I want to add Joe Biden, and everybody in his administration to the list of arrest warrants to be issued by the ICC

[@user-ck1of4ex4d]

Not just for war crimes , but abuse of children and crimes against humanity.

[@jeffspicolli593]

Nonsense.

[@user-ck1of4ex4d]

Oh, and I forgot , bribery of Africa countries to adopt the LGBTQ agenda in broad daylight, with millions of US tax dollars.

[@edwinojeda6424]

Another Edward Snowden

[@user-ck1of4ex4d]

AJ didn't like my comment on Biden Brandon bribing African countries to adopt the LGBTQ agenda

[@diazvirdani1059]

*ICC please.. add Ben-Gvir & leader of USA, UK, Germany for arrest. Israel fast left Gaza strip, West Bank, Golan. for peace.🎉*

[@wiolettagilowska6131]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@maziar7366]

no please! keep dreaming!

[@user-no4um7cz3f]

Right on!

[@parvazjanoon9024]

Absolutely, unless they go after mother of all evils "U.S" ; there will be no peace. Palestinians are died with US provided weapons; Its US who encourage Israel to enter into Rafah because US intelligence think Hamas is re grouping in Rafah. It is the same US intelligence who found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and killed millions of innocent Iraqi.

[@kennymorrison7227]

We drink your tears 😂

[@shahnaziqbal7353]

Also Palestinian prisoners to be released

[@raydiofolk]

And giving them a house on the beach and free yummies

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Send Biden to be Iran's President. USA does not want him in America anymore . Send Trump to be president of France. USA needs new people !

[@pauletteearl]

Antisemitism means nothing anymore; overuse of such word.

[@GraceCole-qy6ul]

Trueish, but it can apply in a lot of contexts right now. However, is it a universal characteristic of the anti zionists and further stances against pro israel zionists? No. That means it is having its reverence deteriorated.

[@garryjohnson6794]

Hey you, that comment is antisemitic 😂

[@projectp1821]

you’re an antisemite, no you are an antisemite. No your the antisemite, everyone’s an antisemite ... boo hoo Alway complaining never taking responsibility for there actions !!! It like dealing with 5 years olds !!

[@leftyhooks5854]

Especially when 96% of jews are of European descent. And this a fact, that is well known. Just saying. They are far from Semitic to begin with.

[@blueblack3591]

True. It is actually dangerous for jews to misuse the word so much

[@majabnaakther1271]

Free Palestine 🇪🇭

[@azizahsattar444]

​@user-pt6vg7jf6b SO IS THE ICC. BE PATIENT.

[@valhalla4752]

@@azizahsattar444 ICC HAS NO ARMY

[@nokchatsungbakichu1854]

Flee palistain

[@adammsa5303]

it is hard time for them. they were used for decades to be untouchable...

[@danielm.kasumadu4076]

The fact that netanyahu is already crying is interesting 😅

[@user-kh4wq8pj9i]

And the iranian President is now a great sacrifice to AIIAH..

[@kevoh5087]

Who is crying ICC is a kangaroo court they can't do anything putin is still free

[@kazkazimierz1742]

I agree there is no equivalence - Israel is far worse. All one has to do is compare the number of deaths.

[@blueblack3591]

Yes so true

[@svansy]

and the brutality i have never seen such evil in my life the israelis decapitated several babies yesterday a child with 90% of his head gone except the face... this is a holocaust

[@mpatm2607]

GNCDE Joe, there is no equivalence... clearly the last 7 months have confirmed that.

[@toddb9313]

Hopefully the ICC will issue warrants against those who threaten the court or attempt to make it drop the charges using sanctions. To try and alter the actions of the courts through threats and pressure are a criminal act and the ICC needs to enforce the law.

[@eshetuGobena-rd9or]

All countries must stop all kinds of relation with Isreal

[@henben9215]

Dream on

[@syamwalker639]

Agreed 👍🏻

[@OneSixSun]

Turkiye already cut trade ties. Three weeks ago I think. I don't know why so many have been slow to impose sanctions because clearly diplomacy has failed.

[@unggrabb]

Excellent suggestion

[@helendesilva9560]

Self defense? How is that fair 40,000 verses 1200? How do we make sense of this nonsense?

[@chemophile14]

Before 7th October, this ratio was 120k : 1k

[@claystore]

Netanyahu's world just got a lot smaller.

[@NajibShams]

The accomplices should be added to the list too. Would you not think so?

[@ibtishaammanuel3878]

They should be added to the list

[@luismapiko5980]

Some panellists on this show are concerned that not enough charges levied on Israel, such as the illegal occupation, torture etc. Those and other charges can be added later.

[@jimreilly6933]

Let's hope so ! The panelists are talking as if politicians and judges in the USA have any choice in the matter. They don't really, unless of course they want to see their political and judicial careers go down the drain. Jewish money in America is strategically spent in order to prevent the most powerful politicians and judges criticizing Israeli. Jews in America constitute only just over 2 % of the overall population. However in terms of political representation, influence in the media, film making, book publishing, Magazines, educational bodies, Sports Franchises etc. They seem to be in complete control. What is their magic formula !

[@mohammadmatin8030]

Israel kidnapped Palestinian children. They must free the Palestinian hostages.

[@WahibaDaniels-qz2jm]

Very true. Hypocrisy

[@OneSixSun]

Thank you Mr Levy for speaking plainly and clearly about friends running cover, hubris and arrogance. Loud and clear.

[@tonyfincham6126]

It should be isolated,sanctioned & all goods boycotted by the world .

[@mariavandenbroele9843]

I am doing my best for that 😊😊

[@lynettestrachan8000]

So question, how does Israel support itself, because it seems they rely heavily on US and other countries to meet a lot of their needs.

[@AdamOsa]

@@lynettestrachan8000 How does many arab countries support themselves?=America. If Israel is fighting hamas alone, she does not need support from any country, But when Israel is defending herself against several Islamic countries, every country with good leaders is a fare game. Russia, a super power is begging china,north koria and other outlawed countries for help.

[@lynettestrachan8000]

@@AdamOsa thankyou. That helps my understanding

[@Cosmochill-il7pt]

1776: Freedom from England 2024: Freedom from Israel

[@valhalla4752]

2030 worldwide glorious shariah law

[@kennymorrison7227]

​@@valhalla4752Cry more 😂

[@paulysunny1875]

2024: free from Hamas

[@bafioka8013]

Yes dream on

[@ruqiasalah5744]

@@valhalla4752in shaa Allah

[@JN-om6rw]

Those of us who have seen them up close know only too well of the evil that abounds

[@Calvinmob6886]

There is no such thing as anti*emitism. The word has lost all value.

[@rhonda6791]

Thank Zionists for that.

[@amandaoconnor2854]

As a firm anti-z supporting PAL for decades of course there is such a thing of antisemitism. Because anti-z have conflated itself with antisemitism and very likely overestimated the increase in it, which politicians and legacy media take advantage of, we must be vigilant that we don't fall into antisemitism itself.

[@valhalla4752]

worth even less than a night with your mom?

[@frankieseward8667]

Just how anti wokers diluted the term woke. People these muddy the waters so much it's a miracle we can trudge across

[@AlejandraRodriguez-gx7gb]

and its meaning.

[@andreasbuttinger2774]

Diana Buttu stated it clearly. It is just a start.

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@janetyrrell7535]

Blinkin should read up on the internal procedures of the ICJ & the ICC 🤔

[@shimos6308]

I don;t know what evidences they need while the entire city has been leveled over its people !

[@soniap9612]

Exactly !!

[@omerfarukkurt1952]

Kerim Khan uses the definition of genocide from the international law when prosecuting Netanyahu and Galant. Does this have any implications? Does this mean that ICC accepts that there is a genocide taking place and Netanyahu and Galant are carrying out this act?

[@mariavandenbroele9843]

Yes. Good remark. Plus: ICC want's to and further....is seeking to That sounds like going to follow with lots of BUT But and buts

[@mariavandenbroele9843]

How about the Organ Theft

[@lynettestrachan8000]

If that turns out to have actually been done then that just ratchets up the tally. Horrifying if it is confirmed.

[@mogamadgreyson143]

​@@lynettestrachan8000I've fist heart it in 2014,yes for sure it's true,the docters said it..

[@lynettestrachan8000]

@@mogamadgreyson143 Omg is there no end to these hideous events Their whole population is delusional because of Netanyahu and his lies and he's rewriting Israeli history according to his ideology.

[@raziazahid8449]

ALLAH BLESS PALESTINE ALLAH BLESS OUR MUSLIM UMMAH INSHALLAH ALLAH BLESS OUR MUSLIM MARTYRES OF GAZA

[@user-gi1ve3ch6e]

Ameen 🤲🏻

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

You do know that 'Allah' is JEHOVAH ? The God of the Jewish People, they are his Chosen Ones. So Allah always favors the Jewish People.

[@water78149]

Save Gaza!!! Free Palestine!!!

[@alanklipp9305]

Free Gaza from Hamas!

[@fatinhermiz8729]

The ICC should include all the Israeli minister even the one threatening with nuclear reopens and all those governments supporting Israel on its crimes

[@3omla276]

some states rejected international laws. what they expected, they are above all? they are above international Court laws? they are above international humanitarians laws? or just covering war crimes act?

[@Harris665]

What about that creature gvir

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

It is America to blame. All the Weapons Gvir uses are from USA ! They are Guilty !!!

[@shafiqrahman2667]

Biden not getting my vote

[@chemophile14]

Trump is even more crazy 🤪

[@myrtillesm3532]

Right. Occupied have the right to protect their land and population

[@GG-uz8us]

With thousands of civilians blood in his hands, I wonder Netanyahu could sleep at nights?!

[@DrumguyCiv]

He doesn’t see Palestinians as human beings so it doesn’t bother him in the least. All politicians in charge of huge armies utilize dehumanization in order to sleep at night.

[@rahuladams6496]

How about U S government ?

[@chemophile14]

Sequence

[@newyorkskier]

Galant - Oh s*** There goes my vacation in Paris!!!

[@pac17284]

Lord Jesus take over and may Your Truth, Justice and Peace prevail for all the Palestinian in Gaza and West Bank. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ✝️

[@user-dm3mr3ny3l]

Who's Going to deal criminals,

[@peterdarragh2507]

And in other news, the sound of hysterical laughter could be heard from the river to the sea.

[@jaimesald]

Biden is not neutral Judge.

[@thomaskim3128]

Biden and US Congress are complicit in war crime.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Biden has no idea where he is ? ?

[@johnconnors3962]

Free the US from Israel

[@mogamadgreyson143]

Free the world from US and Israel 🙏🙏🙏

[@rhetorical1488]

The IDf bot farms are busy this week🤣

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

😊

[@yeryuzusessizgokyuzumavi9299]

Stop this genocide!

[@nyerling5723]

Israel is beyond isolation it is now a pariah state.

[@abc33944]

Mental health issues diagnosed in that country

[@eamonnsiocain6454]

No. The ICC action will have little effect on changing International Opinion. Netanyahu’s reaction, however, will more than likely further isolate Israel.

[@newyorkskier]

Bibi: Would this affect retrieving all the cash I have deposited in Swiss banks?

[@hubbone9322]

Let alone the "Sadistic Mental-Cruelty"-treating the Palestinians like cattle/sheep to do all their murderous criminalities, by Netanyahu & Clique! One member, told Netanyahu to connect with Palestinians & what is His Netanyahu's end-game, so that Israeli can't be as evil as those others.

[@yusufA125]

He’s seeking warrant from US.

[@legaltime120]

How much evidence of Genocide is needed...if this is not...I don't know what is it...

[@user-bs2ui9pe9r]

Great content, thank you

[@WayOfDiplomacy]

Bien joué ! "Mandats d'arrêts pour tout le monde, c'est ma tournée !" Juge Khan.

[@janetyrrell7535]

France & Belgium 👍👍

[@mehruneusufzai2341]

Thank you so much Mr. Adrain for the great analysis. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@andrescalvobarrantes2896]

Great technical panel. Appreciation to Ms Ruttu, Ms Mckintosh and Mr Levy.

[@YogaladyToronto]

Hear, hear!

[@Demi_maru]

If they are as innocent as they claim.. they should put themselves on trial and defend yourself and prove icc wrong.

[@user-nz5nk7fb9p]

Good for the world. Arrest the criminal Netanyahu.

[@nandkumarvagarya3143]

The international criminal court is a tiger without teeth and paws for the leadership of powerful nations.

[@mariavandenbroele9843]

Yes it's true but I so hope you/we are wrong.

[@nandkumarvagarya3143]

@@mariavandenbroele9843 new global order is needed.

[@darv011]

Anyone know if they can be tried in absentia?

[@tomlakosh1833]

Let's see if we can get an international standard for the definition of a weapon of mass destruction in all national codes of military justice. These new codes should adopt the ruling in United States v. Tsarnaev, where an improvised explosive device with a kill radius

[@lynettestrachan8000]

That makes sense but as always putting those ideas into action could take years. But yes

[@majabnaakther1271]

👍

[@OneSixSun]

Bravo Mr Levy for bringing up the pragmatic side -- about the flow of arms, the investment, investors' appetites and cost-benefit ratio. Thank you for not sugarcoating reality nor obfuscating the situation with word salads.

[@YogaladyToronto]

Much respect to Mr. Levy. He appeared in other news videos very recently; these are also worth watching.

[@felixdemacota65]

Where's the WA for the complicit ???

[@akuanglee5393]

Immediately issue the arrest warrants

[@arvin4837]

I'm getting sick of noticing things.. hated for thousands of years..

[@amerieirestates5580]

Bravo ICC, great job 👏👍🇮🇪🍀🍉🇵🇸🌈🕊️🙏

[@missmelis7260]

He did mention before Oct. 7th. I think he played both side-ism for the good of the cause.

[@kennethhammond6683]

You are not doing all you can to protect civilians when it is civilians that are the target.

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

Blinken claiming the ICC har overstepped it's bounds is rich coming from the USA that thinks it's extraterritorial reach covers the globe.

[@theseustoo]

Of course there's "no equivalence between Israel and Hamas"... the difference is that between the occupier and the occupied. The occupied have a right to defend themselves by any means necessary but the occupier, as the aggressor, has no such right.

[@f4jet]

1 good sure thing comes out of ICC . U.S. cannot bully, threaten, or bribe their way to the outcome they want.

[@mxg2012]

Arrest netanyahu

[@jeanade9010]

Excellent and really informative discussion!

[@asnaeb2]

Hope so

[@bobbyhumphries1058]

Bravo, All!

[@patrickreed8043]

It's about time for world leaders to be held accountable for their dastardly deeds....wtf took soooo long?

[@nildaaimini1954]

EEUU must be juged too

[@pauletteearl]

The world is taking notes.

[@aeh77]

Shame on Biden

[@tonyharty3666]

How may divisionis does the court Posess?

[@loreinaconstantino4659]

El juez fué suave con Israel, pero nos mostramos satisfechos con la respuesta, hubiéramos deseado fuera más energico

[@ducky667]

Poor people 😢

[@Memesbyaamir76]

Free America from AIPAC

[@VictoriaLopez-nv9zi]

not everything will be the same

[@MarkJohnson-uh7um]

Shameful blindness

[@Gloriatufunga]

Why icc did not do this at the october 7 ?..

[@faniarethas2716]

Why ICC didn’t do that in 2014, 2021, 2022????

[@tonyharty3666]

Hangars womb cries out for justice, God hears her cry

[@davidlangleyjr2047]

the icc is doing the right thing lock joe biden up for complicity

[@weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308]

They just dont care

[@MundiTaurus]

What did anyone expect the fascist to do?

[@puntura]

Okay Palestine is ICJ Member but not UN member how?

[@James-mi4qr]

will Aljazeera condemn Hamas?

[@NilufarBegumBangladesh]

We expect that the ICC will do justice. We hope that the ICC will not be biased. Our common sense says Netanyahu must be arrested if ICC works as per its mandate.

[@MudBuddy55]

Biden talks like he’s stiff and has marbles in his mouth. It’s quite irritating watching him speak even when ignoring the substance of what he’s talking about.

[@mariavandenbroele9843]

😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@NancyBorth]

Omg my thought exactly…….looks like one of the marching soldiers from the nut cracker. Eyes half closed like he’s looking into the blinding sun. Only opens his mouth a crack, so no flies will fly in. He’s such an embarrassment to everyday 80yr olds.