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Nobody can stop Israel's war, including the world court, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says (www.itv.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 8 months ago (4 children)

If international law doesn't apply to Israel then it does not exist. This will essentially collapse the institution.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago

It is how the League of Nations fell apart.

Italy invaded Ethiopia, and the king of Ethiopia made an impassioned plea to the League. They were the only independent African nation, and were actually members of the League.

The plea was ignored, and Mussolini's Italy committed war crimes that were easily on par with anything the Nazis did when it came their turn to invade a country, and methed out Nazis had literal baby shooting competitions in Poland.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

International Law doesn't apply to those with a lot of weapons and money. Case in point: Russia, the U.S., Israel, the U.K....

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Fully agree.

If this kind of institution starts to be ignored, with no consequences, then it no longer serves a purpose.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, it just means that they're in breach of International law.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And if there's no consequences for that, it means there's effectively no law

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

I feel like I've been living in that world for a long time now.