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US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution urging Gaza war ceasefire (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@Holyginz I don't think you realize what you're asking. If the UN tries to override the US that means using force to stop Israel - which means having a war against the US and Israel.

The US has a law authorizing it to invade Europe if the ICC ever tries to prosecute an American war criminal.

The Security Council is about wars/security. This is why all the permanent members/major powers have veto. It's a forum for dialogue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I wonder why the US and Israel are not members of the ICC. /s

Funnily enough family members of the hostages held in Gaza flew to the Hague to press ICC to investigate Hamas, source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-victims-oct-7-press-icc-investigate-hamas-2024-02-14/. Which in my books is quite hypocritical, considering that Israel itself doesn't honour the ICC rulings.

And the whole fact that the US withdrew their signature speaks a ton of their sense of impunity and being above international law.

Laws for thee but not for me.