So War criminal Bibi is in court today for corruption

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/10/benjamin-netanyahu-court-corruption-trial


Benjamin Netanyahu has begun giving evidence in a court in Tel Aviv in his long-running corruption trial, becoming the first sitting Israeli prime minister to take the stand as a criminal defendant.

“I have waited eight years for this moment, to say the truth as I remember it, which is important for justice,” said Netanyahu, who was wearing a blue suit and white shirt, with a flag of Israel on one lapel and the yellow ribbon symbol of Israel’s hostages in Gaza on the other.

“But I am also a prime minister. I am leading the country through a seven-front war. And I think the two can be done in parallel.”

[dchill]

1. Step off, Bibi.

[spanone]

2. K&R

[Dave Bowman]

3. War criminal says what?

[Lonestarblue]

4. I doubt he will be convicted. People like him rarely are.

[PatSeg]

12. Apparently true

We seem to be living in an era of tyrants who aren't held accountable no matter what they do. Their arrogance is so flagrant that they commit their crimes out in the open and defy anyone to do something about it.

[C0RI0LANUS]

5. 'bout time! In addition to the ICC case against him, Bibi may face a 9/11 type of inquiry for 7 Oct 2023.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. You do realize that the ICC has no police to enforce any warrants don't you?

The ICC relies on member countries police forces to make arrests and transfers to the Hauge for prosecution and it's highly doubtful that nonmembers and probably the majority of members of the ICC would arrest and transfer Nuttyahoo for prosecution, so don't expect to see him in orange any time soon, if ever.

[C0RI0LANUS]

7. Morning Top! How are you?

Of course I realize that, since I've been writing about this PIFWC, the ICC, INTERPOL, and the difficulties of netting Bibi for months.

An indicted war criminal is an indicted war criminal, regardless of nationality. I just posted something about two Syrian PIFWCs in GD if you have time to check it out.

BTW: Don't spill your coffee when you see this face from way back when:


(1969 mugshot of US Army 1LT William Calley courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

[Mosby]

8. When do you think the ICC will indict Assad?

Do you think Assad committed war crimes against Syrians?

[C0RI0LANUS]

10. Why do you ask me if Assad committed war crimes in Syria? Don't you watch the news?

I don't work for the ICC so I can't answer for them, but the process against Bashar al-Assad at the ICC started years ago.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47483714

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/16/world-court-rules-against-syria-torture-case

[Mosby]

18. Seems like you present yourself as an expert

How would you compare and contrast the war crimes committed by Netanyahu vs Assad?

Any thoughts?

[C0RI0LANUS]

19. What are your thoughts, Mosby?

[Mosby]

20. I think Assad is guilty of a wide range of war crimes.

He basically ignores international laws and conventions. He has used chemical weapons on Syrians, he ignores differences between combatants and civilians, leading to repeated mass killings, his use of aerial bombardment is "indiscriminate and disproportionate". Further, pro-Assad forces "continued to perpetrate massacres and conduct widespread attacks on civilians, systematically committing murder, torture, rape and enforced disappearance amounting to crimes against humanity"¹


By contrast the Netanyahu goverment, which oversaw and is responsible for the worst security failure in Israel's history, has despite that, prosecuted the war against their enemies in accordance with the laws of war. The government and the IDF have tried to minimize civilian casualties in numerous ways, making clear to Gazans and the world that their enemy is Hamas and Hezbollah.


¹https://web.archive.org/web/20240217232043/https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/unhrc/2014/en/20894

[C0RI0LANUS]

21. Did you see my OP today about two Syrians indicted for alleged war crimes and torture?

In case you didn't, here's the link:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219806821

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Doing good so far, business is booming for now, but we'll see after Been A Dick Donald takes over.

Unfortunately, I do recognize that face, I was in Vietnam when that happened, although I didn't find out about it until I got home, that POS didn't get what he deserved IMHO, he should have gotten the DP, along with many more, for their actions that fateful day.

Sorry if I sounded a little bit condescending, that wasn't my intention by any means.
Peace out
Dan.

[C0RI0LANUS]

11. No sweat, Marine, some of my best pals were %#2/)* jarheads like you. Good luck with business.

[alarimer]

13. Let's see if leaders can be held accountable for their crimes.

They generally are not, or they end up sneaking off in the middle of the night for asylum in some country with no extradition treaty.

Let's see how this goes. This will sort of be like Al Capone going to jail for tax evasion, rather than all the murders.

[BattleRow]

14. The "truth" as I remember it?? WTF? Is that like a "concept of the truth"?

[OrangeJoe]

16. Caught that one too

What a snake.

[WinstonSmith4740]

17. That jumped out at me, too.

It's their "Lie with Impunity" card. "Well, that's the way I remember it"". Remember Guiliani asking, "What is truth?" These guys put no restraints on their own behavior...only ours.

[moniss]

15. Netanyahu will likely be given

a minor rap on the knuckles if that. The Powers That Be are more concerned about making sure he continues the expansion of the northern territory. AKA land grab of some other country's land which is deemed illegal by every country in the world except two. The one doing the grabbing and the one supplying a steady stream of bombs and allowing it to go on.

[Mosby]

22. Turkey illegally controls 3,400 square miles of Northern Syria.

Turkey is part of NATO.

[moniss]

23. Turkey is a rogue country in my eyes

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and it doesn't mean anything to my opinion, in a positive way, that they are in NATO.