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Post by Admin on May 12, 2024 23:13:17 GMT
There were reports that US President Biden had communicated to Israel three months ago that he would suspend arms support if it went to war in Rafah.
According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 11th (local time), President Biden first mentioned the possibility of changes in the US government's policy towards Israel on February 11th. At the time, President Biden said that in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he strongly warned him not to engage in ground combat in Rafah.
This was three months ago, on the 8th of this month, when President Biden made official his policy that ``if they (Israel) invade Rafah, we will not provide them with weapons.'' It was also the first time the United States warned Israel, and the White House kept this fact a secret without mentioning it in the official statement distributed after the phone call between the leaders of the two countries.
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2024 0:40:02 GMT
[Reuters] - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would allow the Biden administration to resume arms supplies to Israel. Republicans, who hold the majority in the House of Representatives, criticized President Biden for demanding that Israel, which is fighting the Islamic group Hamas, step up protection for civilians in the Palestinian territories and suspending the supply of bombs to the country.
The law was passed with 224 votes in favor and 187 votes against. A majority of Republicans and 16 Democrats voted in favor, and three Republicans and a majority of Democrats voted against.
Although the bill passed in the Senate and is unlikely to become law, the House's move highlighted deep divisions in the United States over Israel policy.
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2024 13:48:39 GMT
Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands), announced on the 20th that the ICC's preliminary hearing will issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the Islamic organization Hamas on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. It was announced that a request had been made to the department.
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The Pre-Trial Board will now decide whether to issue an arrest warrant.
According to the announcement, Khan has requested arrest warrants for three people, including Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Gallant, as well as Hamas leader Haniyeh and Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar.
Regarding the fighting since Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on October 7 last year, it was pointed out that ``there are reasonable grounds to believe that Hamas will be held criminally responsible.''
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2024 17:25:25 GMT
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Post by Admin on May 20, 2024 23:22:34 GMT
The Hague/Jerusalem/Washington/London/Johannesburg (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Khan on Wednesday accused Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the fighting in Gaza, an autonomous region of Palestine. The government announced that it had requested arrest warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Gallant, and three other senior members of the Islamic organization Hamas.
Prime Minister Netanyahu himself strongly opposed this. Criticism has also been voiced from the United States and Britain.
The Pre-Trial Chamber will decide whether there is enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant.
Khan said in a statement that there were sufficient grounds to believe that he was "criminally responsible" for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. ``Israel, like all other states, has the right to act to protect its people, but this right does not exempt it from its obligation to comply with international humanitarian law.'' It said the crimes were part of a "widespread and systematic attack against Palestinian civilians based on state policy."
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