ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. What’s next?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. These arrest warrants will now be sent to all 124 member states of the ICC. What does it mean for the men who have been charged – and the future of the ICC?
In this episode:
- Mark Kersten (@MarkKersten), Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Law, University of the Fraser Valley
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Tamara Khandaker, Sonia Bhagat, and Amy Walters with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, the International Criminal Courts warrants of arrest. |
| 0:16.0 | For years, decades, people thought that a day like this just would never happen. |
| 0:22.9 | What does it mean to have top Israeli leaders wanted for alleged war crimes? |
| 0:29.6 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 0:44.1 | The International Criminal Court is issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Minister Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Galant. |
| 0:47.3 | According to the ICC, the crimes alleged against the pay include using starvation |
| 0:52.1 | as a weapon of war. The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military commander Mohamed Dief, |
| 0:59.0 | though Israel's military claims it killed Dief in a July airstrike. |
| 1:03.0 | I cried. I screamed very loud. Everybody heard. Oh my God. Finally! |
| 1:14.2 | Tegreid al-Khoudari is a journalist based in the Netherlands, originally from Gaza. |
| 1:19.7 | When she heard the news, she was about an hour's drive from the Hague, the home of the International Criminal Court. |
| 1:25.9 | She'd just come out of a documentary about Israel's war on Gaza. |
| 1:30.2 | Many people were so happy at the theater to learn from me about the news, |
| 1:35.3 | and it was joyful for many people around. |
| 1:39.9 | And I said, like, finally, I'm proud to be in a city, in a country, in a country that is hosting ICC. |
| 1:49.1 | It's really a very good step that ICC finally is taking this step, standing in front of injustice, |
| 1:58.4 | standing in front of the US and all these Western power in a way |
| 2:03.3 | to give hope for the young generation that there is hope for justice and accountability |
| 2:11.0 | that we should maintain our belief in the international system in ICC. |
| 2:18.9 | And my guest today, an expert in international law agrees. |
| 2:23.6 | There are the types of days in this world of international justice and accountability that you |
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