katpeskMay 20, 2024
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

BREAKING: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announces he is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leadership Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, & Ismail Haniyeh, and Israeli leadership PM Benjamin Netanyahu & Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Both parties are charged with multiple specific war crimes. Both parties must stand trial. No one is above the law as this is how we protect international rules based order. Posting a detailed analysis soon.

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Show threadIrving's ZooMay 20, 2024
@QasimRashid Of the two, Israel is the bigger criminal. What Hamas did was inexcusable but Israel's effort to murder all Palestinians is a genuine war crime.
Show threadAGTMADCAT 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼🇵🇸May 20, 2024
@Irvings_Zoo @QasimRashid it's not a competition. Everyone guilty of a war crime, no matter its scale, should stand trial and face an appropriate punishment.
Show threadIrving's ZooDec 8, 2024
@AGTMADCAT Agreed. The problem is, the US wants to shield Netanyahu so there's a good chance he won't be arrested. In that sense, it *is* a competition and he wins the immunity prize. That is just wrong.
Show threadRobert ThauMay 20, 2024
@QasimRashid Formally, the prosecutors are *requesting* arrest warrants to be issued; if that actually happens, it's the judges that do it, not the prosecutors -- and they ordinarily take months to consider a request. https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/20/icc-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrants-israeli-pm-netanyahu-hamas-officials-war-crimes
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas officials for war crimes

Karim Khan applies for warrants relating to alleged crimes committed during 7 October attack and ensuing war in Gaza

The Guardian
Show threadferricoxideMay 20, 2024
@QasimRashid

How long until the GQP members of the US legislature threaten to cut off funding or to seek arrest warrants for the ICC prosecutor?
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.May 20, 2024
@ferricoxide I’m sure they’re already working on it. Khan addresses that too.
Show threadRodneyPetersonTalentAgencyMay 20, 2024

@QasimRashid

About fucking time.

Show threadKeith WilliamsMay 20, 2024
@QasimRashid Unfortunately, the ICC has no real teeth as a court so it's about as useful and punishing as a non-security-counsel UN declaration.