Saturday, May 25, 2024

Arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gaza’s Sinwar won’t stop the killings in Gaza, ex-British Navy chief warns

NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: This news report is chronicled here for future reference and to help me piece together relationships between Sudan, Iran, Israel, Hamas, Russia and others. It is strange how the SAF and everyone based in embassies in Sudan were taken by surprise when RSF attempted to seize power in Sudan 15 Apr 2023, and that Israel was taken by surprise when Hamas launched its horrific attack on Israel 7 Oct 2023. It is odd that the two events took everyone by surprise. Makes no sense. Fishy.
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Report from The Irish Sun
By JEROME STARKEY and JESSICA BAKER
Dated Friday, 24 May 2024 - excerpts:

‘ACHIEVES NOTHING’ Arrest warrants for Netanyahu & ‘Gaza’s Bin Laden’ Sinwar ‘won’t stop the killings in Gaza’, ex-Brit Navy chief warns
Admiral Lord West says ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Sinwar will not stop killings in Gaza. Watch as Lord West tells The Sun's Jerome Starkey of how he was 'surprised' to hear of the arrest warrants


ARREST warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar will not stop the killings in Gaza, warns an ex-Navy boss.


Lord Admiral West said he was "surprised" to hear of the International Criminal Court's move against both men as it only "muddies the water".

He told The Sun's defence show that the warrants only 'muddy the water' 

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar holds the child of an
Al-Qassam Brigades fighter Credit: AFP

It was revealed this week that both Netanyahu and "Gaza's Bin Laden" Sinwar were facing arrest on war crime charges.


The International Criminal Court (ICC)'s chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced on Monday that he applied for arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Sinwar, and other senior figures.


And today, the UN court ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the enclave.


Speaking on The Sun's World At War show, former Navy chief Lord West said he was "surprised" to hear about the ICC request.


He said: "I'm not sure that it actually helps anything.


"I don't think it'll help stop the killings in Gaza. I think it muddies the water."


Reaching a judgement will be "extremely difficult", he claimed, as there are many "historical things" to consider.


Lord West said: "I think in terms of judging the actions of the Israelis today in Gaza, you've, in a way, almost got to separate it all from all the historical aspects or from what they're doing in the West Bank, or from what their plans are for the future.


"Basically, they are doing a military operation in a very built-up area in Gaza.


"That is an extremely difficult thing to do, as we know, which is why we try and keep out ... of those sort of operations."


He added: "I think these judgements are so, so difficult."


Netanyahu, 74, and Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant, 65, are facing arrest for the crimes of "causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies and deliberately targeting civilians in conflict".


October 7 mastermind Sinwar, 61, Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, 58 and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, 62, meanwhile stand accused of war crimes including: murder, hostage taking, rape, sexual violence, torture, and cruelty.


ICC judges will decide within weeks whether there is enough evidence to issue arrest warrants for both Netanyahu and Sinwar.


If warrants are issued, the Israeli PM could find himself effectively barred from nations including the UK, which is a member of the ICC.


The Hamas horror on October 7 claimed 1,200 lives, while Israel’s brutal response in Gaza is said to have killed more than 35,000.

ON THE BRINK


Lord West also warned the world is more dangerous now than during the Cold War.


He said the era of nuclear-sabre rattling between global superpowers was "safer in some ways because everyone understood it".


The world now, he argued, is "very unpredictable" as he listed off the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and the escalating tensions in the South China Sea.


But as we move into what British leaders have called a "pre-war world", West declared that our armed forces are "not of a size they should be".


He said: "At long last, I think people are understanding: 'Goodness me, we've taken too much out of defence'," but added that for too long the forces have been "hollowing out."


CHINA-RUSSIA THREAT


The ex-Navy chief also told The Sun's Jerome Starkey on his hit show World At War that Chinese president Xi Jinping could betray his ally Vladimir Putin and invade Russia.


Lord West warned that Vlad should beware the company he keeps, as Xi may target him as part of his campaign for global domination.


He argued Putin was a submissive "supplicant" to a far more powerful Xi, and that the alliance between the pair of despots could fall apart if the Chinese leader becomes too greedy.


The former First Sea Lord said he believes Xi could be planning to invade parts of Russia and capture its bountiful oil fields.


He said: "If it really gets very bad and they desperately need resources I think there's a very real risk they cold decide to take the bits of Siberia they want.


"It is all about resources. Resources are going to become more and more of a problem for China.


"They have already issued maps of Siberia that have Chinese names.


"That is why Putin is playing with fire. The Chinese don't like him."


Full story: https://www.thesun.ie/news/13032696/arrest-warrants-netanyahu-sinwar-lord-west/

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Related


ICC - 3 May 2024

Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor

The Office insists that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials cease immediately.

https://x.com/IntlCrimCourt/status/1786316229688414518

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ICC - 17 May 2024

Statement by the Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties in support of the independence and impartiality of the International Criminal Court

https://asp.icc-cpi.int/press-releases/PR-20240517

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ICC - 20 May 2024

Statement of ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC

Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine


https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state


https://x.com/IntlCrimCourt/status/1792511134009856429

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FT.com - 20 May 2024

Opinion Israel-Hamas war 

Why we support ICC prosecutions for crimes in Israel and Gaza  

From Lord Justice Fulford, Judge Theodor Meron CMG, Amal Clooney, Danny Friedman KC, Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG KC

https://www.ft.com/content/aa2089c5-6388-437d-bf5c-9268f3a788ce

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Clooney Foundation for Justice - 20 May 2024

Amal Clooney, Barrister and Co-Founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice

Today, my colleagues and I have published an oped and a detailed legal report  https://www.icc-cpi.int/about/otp/special-advisers-to-the-prosecutor/panel-of-experts-in-international-law/report-of-the-panel-of-experts-in-international-law of the Panel’s findings. My approach is not to provide a running commentary of my work but to let the work speak for itself. I hope that witnesses will cooperate with the ongoing investigation. And I hope that justice will prevail in a region that has already suffered too much.”

https://cfj.org/news/amal-clooney-publishes-expert-report-supporting-icc-arrest-warrant-applications-for-crimes-in-israel-and-palestine/

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BBC News - 24 May 2024

Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah offensive

The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering Israel to "immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggvmyz03vo

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CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ  - 24 May 2024

A summary of the #ICJ Order on the request of South Africa of 10 May 2024 for the modification of the Order of 28 March 2024 in the case South Africa v. Israel 

https://tinyurl.com/mr323mvx

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Friday, May 24, 2024

VIDEO FROM INSIDE SUDAN’S CITY OF WAR RUINS: An unfolding humanitarian catastrophe

Video report from Channel 4 TV News UK
By LINDSEY HILSUM International Editor
Filmed and edited by Soren Monk
Produced by Zahra Warsame
Dated Thursday, 23 May 2024 - full copy:

Inside Sudan: An unfolding humanitarian catastrophe


Ethnic cleansing. Killings. Torture and a looming famine. Millions of people in Sudan are living through a nightmare, since a power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces plunged the country into a devastating war in April last year – splitting the nation.


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Transcript

Follow along using the transcript at YouTube here: 

https://youtu.be/GiIkYhRebdA


Channel 4 is a British public broadcast service.


Original: https://www.channel4.com/news/inside-sudan-an-unfolding-humanitarian-catastrophe


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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Son of Hamas co-founder denounces group at UN, tells "Free Palestine" mobs around world Hamas is evil

HERE, for future reference and to help provide some understanding of the current Israel-Hamas war, are two videos showing powerful speeches by Mr Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef*.
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Video at YouTube (3 minutes 38 seconds)

Posted by J-TV Mar 6, 2024

Title: Son of Hamas Founder Message To "Free Palestine" Mobs Around The World: Hamas are evil

Description at video:


“Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas leader, Hassan Yousef, delivers a powerful new message to people around the world that chant "Free Palestine”.”



Transcript

Follow along using the transcript at YouTube here: https://youtu.be/399gQcui04A 

112,088 views & 2,711 Comments to date.

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Video at YouTube (30 minutes)
Posted by CBN News Nov 21, 2023 
Title: Son of Hamas Co-Founder Denounces Group at UN, Exposes 'Savage' Indoctrination of Palestinian Kids   

Description at video:


“The son of a co-founder of Hamas blasted the terror organization in a blistering half-hour speech at the United Nations on Monday. 


Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, defected from the terrorist group in the late '90s and secretly worked with Israel's security services to expose and prevent several Hamas terrorist attacks. He wrote a 2010 autobiography titled Son of Hamas.


Yousef, 45, now endeavors to expose the true face of Hamas' genocidal death cult.”



Transcript

Follow along using the transcript at YouTube here: https://youtu.be/pjOEJumoABg

6,050,602 views & 34,042 Comments to date

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Hassan Yousef (born 1955) is a co-founder of Hamas, an Islamist organization primarily active in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He currently serves as one of their leaders in the West Bank.

He is considered a member of Hamas' extremist faction and refrains from any talk of rapprochement between Israelis and Palestinians.[1] He is also considered one of the spiritual leaders of Hamas.[2]

Yousef is married to Sabba Abu Salem. They have six sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Mosab Hassan Yousef, worked undercover with Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007 to prevent attacks on Israeli civilians, as he considered such attacks immoral and destructive to the Palestinian cause. He was disowned by his father but is considered a hero by many Americans as well as Israelis.[3][4]

On 2 July 2019, Hassan's youngest son Suheib Hassan Yousef appeared in an interview with Israeli television criticizing Hamas and describing it as a corrupt terrorist organization which sparked huge anger from members of Hamas describing him as a traitor and a collaborator and other Hamas-affiliated networks said that he was working with the Mossad which he completely denied.[5]


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