According to Haaretz, the “underreported announcement” came after “pressure from members of the far-left France Unbowed party,” as well as the release of “various unverified videos” on social media platforms which show Israeli soldiers “engaged in illegal acts against prisoners of war.”
France’s Foreign Ministry announced “its intention to pursue legal action” against French nationals serving in the Israeli army who may be complicit in war crimes being committed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
The paper said that the “underreported announcement” last month came after “pressure from members of the far-left France Unbowed party,” as well as the release of “various unverified videos” on social media platforms which show Israeli soldiers “engaged in illegal acts against prisoners of war.”
In one video, soldiers are seen surrounding blindfolded detainees, all wearing white overalls, and whose hands are tied behind their backs.
The person filming is heard insulting the detainees in French, saying: “Did you see those motherf*****s, my nephew, those sons of removed?”
He then laughs and continues, “Look, he’s pissed himself. I’ll show you his back. You’ll laugh – they tortured him to make him talk. Did you see his back?”
The detainees are seen being taken off the back of a truck, and the footage also shows the detainee’s scarred back.
Okay that’s something. I’d like more, obviously, but it’s nice to hear.
This is a good first step. The next is an expedited case at the ICC, followed by a 2 state solution. All the while, aid continues to pour in and UN boots on the ground are present to defend civilians.
And Israel is placed under a UN supervised caretaker government, forcibly disarmed, borders rolled back to internationally recognized configuration, sanctioned, and assets seized to rebuild Gaza.
One-state solution and it will only be Palestine.
What do people think the ICC is going to do? Any teeth it may have had in 1949 have long been removed, especially given the US’ essential ambivalence toward its existence.
Netanyahu, other high ranking politicians, and IDF troops can be sentenced for the crimes of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes. These crimes come with prison sentences and execution.
And those sentences would be enforced by whom exactly?
Similarly, they could try Putin in absentia and sentence him to all manner of things, but in reality what do you think actually happens to him? Right, nothing.