Of course the World Central Kitchen, which regularly criticized Israel, has terrorists on their payroll. No different than UNRWA. In related news... all those videos Hamas proudly posted of terrorists on October 7th killing, raping, and kidnapping people are becoming quite useful in identifying the terrorists for elimination. IDF strikes World Central Kitchen employee who participated in Oct. 7 attack https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-831370
The International Criminal Court is facing pushback and doubts as its member states meet FILE - Exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) By MOLLY QUELL December 2, 2024 https://apnews.com/article/icc-israel-gaza-arrest-court-meeting-d2b42db2919a4be879bd3df771a4113f THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s member states open their annual meeting Monday while the court faces pushback over arrest warrants for Israeli officials, sexual harassment allegations against the court’s chief prosecutor and a very empty docket. The Assembly of States Parties, which represents the ICC’s 124 member countries, will convene its 23rd conference to elect committee members and approve the court’s budget against a backdrop of unfavorable headlines. Last month, judges granted a request from the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas’ military chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with the nearly 14-month war in Gaza. It marks the first time that a sitting leader of a major Western ally has been accused by the global court of justice. The decision has been denounced by critics of the court and given only milquetoast approval by many of its supporters, a stark contrast to the robust backing of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin last year over war crimes in Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden called the warrants for Netanyahu and the former defense minister “outrageous” and vowed to stand with Israel. A year ago, Biden called the warrant for Putin “justified” and said the Russian president had committed war crimes. The U.S. is not an ICC member country. France said it would “respect its obligations” but would need to consider Netanyahu’s possible immunities. When the warrant for Putin was announced, France said it would “lend its support to the essential work” of the court. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, accused the court of “interfering in an ongoing conflict for political purposes” and said his country wouldn’t arrest Netanyahu. Hungary is an ICC member country. The ICC was established in 2002 as the world’s permanent court of last resort to prosecute individuals responsible for the most heinous atrocities — war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression. The court only becomes involved when nations are unable or unwilling to prosecute those crimes on their territory. To date, 124 countries have signed on to the Rome Statute, which created the institution. Those who have not include Israel, Russia and China. The ICC has no police force and relies on member states to execute arrest warrants. Member country Austria begrudgingly acknowledged it would arrest Netanyahu but called the warrants “utterly incomprehensible,” Italy called them “wrong” but said it would be obliged to arrest him. Germany said it would study the decision. Global security expert Janina Dill worried that such responses could undermine global justice efforts. “It really has the potential to damage not just the court, but international law,” she told The Associated Press. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose Republican party will control both branches of Congress in January, called the court a “dangerous joke” and urged Congress to sanction its prosecutor. “To any ally, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, if you try to help the ICC, we’re going to sanction you,” Graham said on Fox News. President-elect Donald Trump sanctioned the court’s previous prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, with a travel ban and asset freeze for investigating American troops and intelligence officials in Afghanistan. Milena Sterio, an expert in international law at Cleveland State University, told the AP that sanctions could affect a number of people who contribute to the court’s work, such as international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Clooney advised the current prosecutor on his request for the warrants for Netanyahu and others. “Sanctions are a huge burden,” Sterio said. Clooney did not respond to a request for comment. Khan is up against internal pressures as well. In October, the AP reported the 54-year old British lawyer is facing allegations he tried to coerce a female aide into a sexual relationship and groped her. Two co-workers in whom the woman confided reported the alleged misconduct in May to the court’s independent watchdog, which says it interviewed the woman and ended its inquiry after five days when she opted against filing a formal complaint. Khan was never questioned. He has denied the claims. The Assembly of States Parties has announced it will launch an external probe into the allegations. It’s not clear if the investigation will be addressed during the meeting. The court, which has long faced accusations of ineffectiveness, will have no trials pending after two conclude in December. While it has issued a number of arrest warrants in recent months, many high-profile suspects remain at large. Member states don’t always act. Mongolia refused to arrest Putin when he visited in September. Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the ICC over accusations related to the conflict in Darfur, but his country has refused to hand him over. Last week, Khan requested a warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, for attacks against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. Judges have yet to decide on that request. “It becomes very difficult to justify the court’s existence,” Sterio said. ___ AP journalist Joshua Goodman contributed from Miami.
Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to By ZEKE MILLER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG December 2, 2024 https://apnews.com/article/biden-son-hunter-charges-pardon-pledge-24f3007c2d2f467fa48e21bbc7262525 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House. It caps a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after his father’s 2020 victory — and casts a pall over the elder Biden’s legacy. Biden, who time and again pledged to Americans that he would restore norms and respect for the rule of law after Trump’s first term in office, ultimately used his position to help his son, breaking his public pledge to Americans that he would do no such thing.
American politicians, guilty of crimes, undermining global justice, rotten to the core imo. Biden the catholic zionist christian hypocrite. This is how 'god' saves you, saves you from accountability (if rich and powerful). It's a twisted fucked up world.
Trump threatens 'all hell to pay' if Gaza hostages not released by deadline Despite promising peace in the Middle East throughout his election campaign, Trump threatened "all hell to pay" if captives were not freed from Gaza. The New Arab Staff 03 December, 2024 https://www.newarab.com/news/trump-says-all-hell-pay-if-gaza-hostages-not-released US President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to be inaugurated in January, threatened there would be "all hell to pay" if Hamas did not release captives held in Gaza by the time he takes office on 20 January. Trump made the explosive comments on Monday, despite promising peace in the Middle East throughout his election campaign. "Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity," he wrote. "Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!" he continued. The post, published on Truth Social, did not entail any further details on what exactly would happen if the captives were not released by the deadline. His post also seemed to make an apparent hit at US President Joe Biden and his inability to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. "Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East – But it's all talk, and no action!" he wrote. This comes just days after US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said the US was "working actively to try and make it happen" regarding a ceasefire. "We are engaged deeply with the key players in the region…there will be further conversations and consultations, and our hope is that we can generate a ceasefire and hostage deal, but we're not there yet," he said. 33 captives killed Meanwhile, Hamas issued a statement late on Monday stating that 33 captives have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza during the over-year-long war on the enclave. The group blamed Israel for the killings, calling it a "crazy war" and stating "you could lose your captives forever. Do what you have to do before it is too late". The group did not specify the nationalities of the captives killed but added that other captives had gone missing. In a video published by the group, they accuse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has an arrest warrant against him for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, for being to blame for the killing of the captives. Hamas has repeatedly called for a ceasefire, but a deal has repeatedly stalled with Israel not agreeing to conditions set out by the group, including a total withdrawal of all Israeli forces from the Strip. Netanyahu has vowed that the war on the enclave will continue until Hamas is eradicated. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 44,502 Palestinians and wounded over 105,454 others since 7 October 2023. The attacks on the enclave have levelled entire neighbourhoods and plunged the Strip into a deep humanitarian crisis.
At this point the best way to get the hostages released is to make it clear that there will be hell to pay if they are not released. Obviously Hamas has not been negotiating in good faith and only overwhelming military force being applied will create progress. Several of the hostages are U.S. citizens. The U.S. should have a policy that we will terminate -- using overwhelming force from our military -- any terrorist or country that takes U.S. citizens hostage. A few examples of this worldwide and no entity would ever consider taking a U.S. citizen hostage ever again. The U.S. formerly had a policy about "speaking softly and carrying a big stick". Under Trump this policy will be to "talking loudly and carry a huge stick".
We've just had 4 years of Nazi Biden following after Nazi Netanyahu with Biden bowing out of the presidency with final acts of corruption that should turn your stomach sick. Now it seems Trump will pick up the mantle and outperform Biden's Nazi behaviour. Those who resist Israel's and America's brutality therefore need more Nazi lessons:
1h ago (08:15 GMT) Lebanon ceasefire ‘designed to make Hezbollah cease fire but not Israel’ Things are not looking promising the way the ceasefire in Lebanon has been progressing, Mohamad Elmasry, a professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, has told Al Jazeera. He explained that a comparison of the original text of the agreement with what US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said immediately after signing – along with a side letter between US and Israel – shows it was “designed to make Hezbollah cease fire but not Israel”. This is while France has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire 50 times, with the UN citing more than 100 violations. Israel has been citing its right to self-defence. “If you listen to the State Department press briefing from yesterday, the US has certainly been falling in line with that Israeli narrative that Israel is just defending itself,” Elmasry said. “I thought it was also interesting that Benjamin Netanyahu said they’re enforcing the ceasefire with an iron fist and said Israel will strike hard even if there are ‘minor’ violations by the other side.”