Netanyahu is a wanted man in International Criminal Court

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Leila Sadat, law professor at Washington University, joins us. And, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is banning transgender people from using bathrooms on the House side of Capitol Hill that don't correspond to their gender assigned at birth. It's in response to the election of the first openly transgender member of Congress. News and politics editor at Teen Vogue Lex McMenamin unpacks the controversy with us. Then, 10 years of rule by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party have taken India's government in an authoritarian direction. Journalist Rahul Bhatia's book "The New India" explores the unmaking of the world's largest democracy.

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0:48.2	They have grounds to believe that he bears criminal responsibility for war crimes.
0:52.7	These are very, very serious allegations.
0:58.4	The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for the Prime Minister of Israel.
1:12.6	It's Thursday, November 21st, and this is Here and Now Anytime from NPR and WBOR.
1:13.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:23.2	Today on the show, with the House of Representatives about to seat its first transgender congresswoman,
1:27.2	Republicans whipped up a bill to ban her from the women's bathroom.
1:34.5	Also, in his new book, The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy, Rahul Batia documents India's slide toward authoritarianism and the spread of anti-Muslim violence.
1:42.2	I saw uncles and aunts turn into bigots. I saw friends say the most awful things, and I wanted to
1:51.2	understand where it came from. But first, the international criminal court has issued arrest
1:58.6	warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
2:00.9	and his former defense minister Yoav Galant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against
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