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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 00:15:47 JST Evan Prodromou

   https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/11/21/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-warrants-issued-by-the-international-criminal-court/

   "The ICC issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. Let me be clear once again: whatever the ICC might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security."

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 00:18:57 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I do not feel reassured by these words. I wish it said something like this:

     "The allegations of the International Criminal Court are untrue. The actions of these leaders do not meet international or US standards for crimes against humanity or war crimes. Regrettably, democratically-elected leaders sometimes need to take military action to defend their nations.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 00:22:57 JST Evan Prodromou

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     "International law sets limits on acceptable military action. Israel's leaders have complied with international law and should not be subject to warrants. The overreach of the Court in this matter shows the grave danger of political courts, which is one of the reason the United States is not a party to the ICC.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 00:23:29 JST Evan Prodromou

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     "We call on all nations of the world to ignore the warrants against Prime Minister Netanyahu and Mister Gallant, and to overhaul the structure of the ICC to prevent this sort of overreach again."

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 00:38:56 JST Evan Prodromou

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     "The crimes alleged in this warrant are very serious; the United States will not tolerate crimes against humanity or war crimes anywhere in the world. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the ICC do not provide such evidence that the actions of Messrs. Gallant and Netanyahu have been anything but well inside the bounds of international law."

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 00:54:40 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I guess I'd like to have a government that at least considers questions of crimes against humanity and war crimes worthy of serious discussion. This isn't a slanderous rumour from 4chan; it's an indictment from the International Criminal Court.