Darius Thor Gissel
@dariustg
The International Criminal Court today issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and the current leader of Hamas. They are accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. This decision is important and right as both parties must be held accountable for what they have done
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Darius Thor Gissel
@dariustg
I want to emphasize that I am neutral on the subject as both parties have done enough wrong, I am simply concerned with justice. Both parties have committed crimes and I think it's wrong to point the finger at one party in a matter like this.
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Samuel ใ
@samuellhuber.eth
Whenever you discuss this tag @marissaposner We had awesome chats about the history in Bangkok
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Marissa
@marissaposner
Thanks for the tag @samuellhuber.eth @dariustg Criminalizing and politicizing self-defense is a dangerous game - any country that defends itself against an enemy that uses civilians as human shields faces prosecution. The ICC completely ignores the cause and context of the war - Hamas attack on Israel on Oct 7th. Imagine if after WWII we issued arrest warrants for Truman and Churchill because more Germans died than allies. That is what this is equivalent to.
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Darius Thor Gissel
@dariustg
What you also rightly mentioned is that the other side uses civilians as a shield, which is cowardly and unforgivable. In my opinion, however, that does not give them the right to disregard this.
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Darius Thor Gissel
@dariustg
For example, because we are now making the comparison with the Second World War, just because the Germans commit war crimes is that okay if the other side does the same?
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Darius Thor Gissel
@dariustg
I really want to make it clear that I have no sympathy for Hamas - they are cowardly, ideologically driven terrorists. I am only concerned with the welfare of the civilians on both sides
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