Comment by soldthat
10 hours ago
If the country itself has a justice system that can prosecute the individual, the ICC has no jurisdiction.
In the case of Israel the ICC used a loophole to work around this, since the Israeli courts are actually able to prosecute Netanyahu (and are currently doing so on other matters).
Whether Israeli courts are able and willing to prosecute Israeli war crimes is... up for debate.
Regardless, the international law is that they are supposed to be given a chance to do so, which they weren’t.
Israel was given notice of an investigation being opened as was required when the investigation was first opened many years ago.
So far, Israel has not provided any sort of proof that they have initiated a serious independent criminal investigation into the alleged misconduct. If they did, i suspect the warrant would go away.
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How long should they wait, do you think, so that they are given a fair chance?
It's been over a year now, with no prosecution having started on the Isreali side.
Don't you think that counts as a chance that wasn't taken?
Israel did not and doesn't appear to be planning to prosecute Netanyahu for crimes against humanity, just for corruption.