Israel's prime minister and senior figures with the Palestinian group are wanted for war crimes.

Israel’s prime minister and senior figures with the Palestinian group are wanted for war crimes.

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  • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
    32·
    6 months ago

    and it was a well financed and coordinated attack.

    True enough, but there’s only so much you can do once the soldiers are actual fighting if you’re not on the field (especially when you don’t particularly care either way). That said, I haven’t seen anything since this “war” started that would serve as evidence to implicate, say, Sinwar in an international court of law. If he says “our plans didn’t involve attacking civilians our soldiers didn’t it out of their own accord” nobody can prove him wrong. Now I do think that’s actually what happened (from a strategic perspective Hamas has too much to lose and too little to gain by killing civilians during a military attack), but even if that’s not the case there’s simply too little evidence to prove it.

    • BrikoXOPMEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      Arrest warrant is not a sentence. If he’s brought to the court, he will have a chance to prove the lack of evidence. But even by proxy, leaders are responsible for the actions of their subordinates. Same way we attribute authorization given by leaders sitting in their “war rooms” to launch drone attacks or giving “go” to tactical teams to them and not individual actors.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
        31·
        6 months ago

        But even by proxy, leaders are responsible for the actions of their subordinates.

        Up to a point. If he says “I never gave that order” I don’t think anyone can prove otherwise, is what I’m trying to say.

        • BrikoXOPMEnglish
          21·
          6 months ago

          Indirect evidence have the same weight as direct evidence in a court setting. But yes, if it turns out there is no evidence, then the case should be dismissed.