Impeding relief supplies to Gaza’s population may constitute a crime under the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction, the court’s top prosecutor told a news conference in Egypt on Sunday.
Karim Khan also said Israel must make “discernable efforts, without further delay to make sure civilians receive basic foods, medicine”.
Israel, which is not a member of the ICC, has previously rejected the court’s jurisdiction and does not formally engage with its investigations.
It may not physically change things on the ground but it’ll be a harder for Western countries to support Israel as the “good guys”.
Every little bit helps, the more of the world that learns Israel and condemns them the better.
Western nations, many of whom have their own dark history of settler colonialism, would rather abandon the ICC than acknowledge Israeli war crimes. Mark my words.
Which then makes it easier for people to argue that we aren’t the good guys, rhetoric useful for possibly changing our foreign policies. It’s not ideal, but it’s something.