1) Kenneth Roth, “Why is the west defending Israel after the ICC’s request for Netanyahu’s arrest warrant? It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations was to defend Israel despite its war crimes,” The Guardian, May 21, 2024 (17:44 BST);
2) hore Schröder (Tel Aviv): “Kampfansage aus Den Haag; Israel und seine Verbündeten reagieren empört auf einen möglichen Haftbefehl gegen Premier Netanyahu – dem könnte das innenpolitisch sogar nutzen. International drohen jedoch erhebliche Probleme,” Der Spiegel, den 21. Mai 2024 (19.17 Uhr);
3) Thore Schröder (Tel Aviv), “Challenge from The Hague: Israel and its allies react indignantly to a possible arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu – he could even benefit from domestic policy. However, there are a threat of considerable problems internationally.,” Der Spiegel, May 21, 2024 (7:17 pm);
4) Mathieu von Rohr (Der SPIEGEL-Leitartikel), “Lasst den Strafgerichtshof seine Arbeit tun!; Der beantragte Haftbefehl gegen Israels Premier Benjamin Netanyahu ist für die Bundesregierung ein politisches Problem. Deutschland muss den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof dennoch unterstützen – gerade jetzt,” Der Spiegel, den 21. Mai 2924( 16.04 Uhr);
5) Mathieu von Rohr (Der SPIEGEL-lead Article), “Let the Criminal Court do its job. The requested arrest warrant against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a political problem for the federal government. Germany must nevertheless support the International Criminal Court – right now” Der Spiegel, May 21, 2024 (4:04 p.m.);
6) Audrey Garric, “Crise climatique : l’avis « historique » du Tribunal international du droit de la mer: Selon un avis consultatif de cette juridiction de l’ONU, les pays ont l’obligation de réduire leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre, afin de protéger l’environnement marin des méfaits du changement climatique,” Le Monde, le 21 mai 2024 (modifié le 22 mai 2024 à 01h38);
7) Audrey Garric, “Climate crisis: the “historic” opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; According to an advisory opinion of this UN jurisdiction, countries have an obligation to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, in order to protect the marine environment from the harms of climate change, Le Monde, May 21, 2024 (modified May 22, 2024 at 1:38 am);
Analysis
Western critics of the ICC Prosecutor’s request forcarrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leaders makes much of tge “false equivalence” of making the requests for Israeli and Hamas leaders on the same day.
If you listen to or read Karim Khan’s announcement of the requests, you will find no expression of equivalence–false or otherwise–between tge two parties’ abd/or their leaders.
If there is any equivalence to be found, it is the result of tge actions of Israeli leaders and tge war crimes they appear to have directed or committed.