Analysis

Thursday, May 23rd 2024

Caroline B. Glick JNS, May 22, 2024 “… the ICC is providing material support for Hamas. That is, it is providing material support for a genocidal terror group engaged in a genocidal war against the Jewish people.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s initial response to International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s announcement that he […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, May 23rd 2024

Citation de la semaine: “L’antijudaïsme ne doit pas être compris comme un recoin archaïque ou irrationnel dans le vaste édifice de la pensée occidentale. Il s’agit plutôt d’un des outils de base avec lesquels cet édifice a été construit”. David Nirenberg, Anti-Judaism. The Western Tradition Table des Matières   La demande de mandat d’arrêt de la […]

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Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 / Wednesday, May 22nd 2024

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for Arrest Warrants In The Situation in the State of Palestine: International Criminal Court,  May 20, 2024 — On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Yahya SINWAR (Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) in the Gaza Strip), Mohammed Diab Ibrahim […]

Analysis

Wednesday, May 22nd 2024

Editorial Board WSJ, May 20, 2024 “The ICC’s disregard for procedure exposes its bias, and if the warrant request is an effort to undermine Mr. Netanyahu’s government, it won’t work.”   The International Criminal Court has lost more than the plot. In requesting arrest warrants on Monday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense chief, […]

Analysis

Wednesday, May 22nd 2024

Brendan O’Neill Spiked, May 20, 2024 “Anyone who thinks this is a fair development because it targets both sides in the war is delusional.”   So it’s a crime now to defend yourself against fascist violence? Some of the imperious prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) seem to think so. Just 226 days after […]

Analysis

Wednesday, May 22nd 2024

 Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2024 “The crime of genocide requires not just an outcome of mass death over the course of war but the intent “to destroy a population in whole or in part.””   Israel and much of the world have a legal obligation under international law to stop the genocidal intent […]

Analysis

Wednesday, May 22nd 2024

Jeremy Sharon Times of Israel, May 21, 2024 “But there is no intention in that regard. It is clear that there has been no policy of starvation; there is no evidence of that.”   The announcement on Monday by International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan that he was seeking arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister and […]

Analysis

Tuesday, May 21st 2024

David Patrikarakos, UnHerd, May 21, 2024   “Raisi was a senior figure in the regime, but ultimately it was Khamenei who still ruled.”    It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving man. Ebrahim Raisi’s presidential career represented the worst of the Islamic Republic. As Tehran’s deputy prosecutor less than a decade after the revolution, he […]

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Tuesday, May 21st 2024 / Tuesday, May 21st 2024

  NO TEARS SHED, EXCEPT EU’S, NATO’S, ETC. Good Riddance, Raisi: Iranians Living In The West Celebrate ‘Butcher Of Tehran’s’ Helicopter Crash Death Including Daughters Of Woman Who Was Assassinated By 167 Bullets:  Rachel Bowman, Daily Mail, May 20, 2024 — Iranians living in the West are dancing in the streets and posting photos showing celebrations following the […]

Analysis

Tuesday, May 21st 2024

Sheila Nazarian Newsweek, May 20, 2024 “Raisi’s unrelenting hostility towards Israel was a cornerstone of his foreign policy, reflecting the regime’s broader ideological commitment to the eradication of the world’s only Jewish state, with Raisi pledging to “destroy” the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv.” In May 19, the president of Iran was killed […]

Analysis

Tuesday, May 21st 2024

Shay Khatiri Middle East Forum Observer, May 19, 2024 “Whatever happens next, however, Raisi’s “hard landing” will mark the first chapter in a game of musical chairs that will consume the Islamic Republic for months and will set the stage not only for the post-Raisi-era, but the post-Khamenei one as well.” State media report that […]

Analysis

Tuesday, May 21st 2024

Lazar Berman Times of Israel, May 19, 2024 “Tehran has been displaying weakness for months.” Iran confirmed Monday morning that President Ebrahim Raisi, as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were dead following a helicopter crash the previous day. Though the deaths of two senior Iranian officials are a dramatic development at a time […]