Today’s world news briefing is dominated by Netanyahu, from his rants fo the arrest warrant antisemitic to his chances of escaping persecution at home and abroad, we bring you the inside scoop of what the politicians and strategist are doing behind the scenes.
Divisions have crept in over the ICC arrest warrant
We can see the divisions have crept in over the ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, and so many of the 124 member nations have said they will honour the rule and arrest Netanyahu if he comes to their country, but the British PM has been particularly cagey.
He and his cabinet are determined to find a loophole, not only because they are ‘bought and paid for’ by the Israeli genocidal regime, but significantly because Starmer has repeatedly been defending the Israeli’s by suggesting ‘they have not met the criteria of genocide’.
Either way it is unlikely Netanyahu will travel to the UK but pressure from the left side of the labour party and the Independents in parliament are mounting. He has defied public opinion and is protected by his huge majority.
However, this will be a watershed moment for Starmer, as a former barrister, chomping at the succeed of his legal accomplishments, but if he takes a stance which is perceived as ‘against the rule of law’ he will lose even more credibility.
The PM’s spokesman makes a statement
No 10 has not been clinical in its answers but are instead playing it safe. Asked whether Netanyahu would be detained if he entered the UK, the prime minister’s official spokesman refused to comment on “hypotheticals”.
A No 10 spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its “legal obligations”.
Netanyahu is not safe at home or abroad
Benjamin Netanyahu is not safe at home or abroad, EU nations, Canada and most members have unequivocally said they will arrest him if he comes to their country. He knows his fate, he is prolonging the war to delay his inevitable, or dreaming that he is able to achieve ‘a victory so great’ that it will pardon his crimes.
But what will be interesting, is how he political opponents capitalise on this situation, and as soon as they start to make deals, to replace him and hand him over to the ICJ, like Serbia did to Milosovic, the western allies will jump at the opportunity to re-build some form of credibility.
He will be hoping the US comes to his aid and provide a safe haven, they have so far and denounced the International Criminal court’s authority, since it is not signed up member (for obvious reasons).
The US Senator, Tom Cotton has threatened to INVADE the NETHERLANDS because the International Criminal Court issued an ARREST WARRANT against Netanyahu and Gallant!
The Key Takeaways from this
The key takeaways from this, if hypothetically, Netanyahu does come to the UK and is arrested, then by the rules of engagement, that will be act of war against Israel because they have what is called ‘head of State immunity’ broader than diplomatic immunity and as such any breach of that immunity, warranted or unwarranted is an act of war.
The British PM is deliberately obfuscating this issue, for a number of reasons, but significantly, if he does make the admission that Britain must arrest him, then how can he possibly arm and support Netanyahu – a war criminal’ with the ongoing genocide in Gaza. That would be the very definition of aiding and abetting, which would make starmer complicit in Genocide.
A word of caution, although the majority of EU nations, have said they would honour the warrant, in most cases it is just lip service, because the chances of Netanyahu actually travelling to any of these countries is very slim.
Israel’s biggest allies are the Britain the US, France and Germany and these four have enabled the genocide.
