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      9 hours ago

      Ah, ye ol “we’ve investigated ourselves and found we’ve done nothing wrong”

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      Not quite. In this case, Israel is asking the international community to let it investigate Netenyahu independently.

      Not optimistic on any actual justice, but a legally sound argument.

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        Indeed. The whole criticism of the ICC comes from the viewpoint that Israel has a functioning, independent judiciary able to sentence Netanyahu for war crimes, and therefore the ICC shouldn’t intervene.

        I have no idea if that is true, but the fact that it hasn’t happened yet makes me feel like it might very well not be.

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          The ICC does not make the case that israel has a functional judicial system. The UN called it an Apartheids state already.