What would Happen if the Int’l Criminal Court Indicted Israel’s Netanyahu?

Juan Cole asks What would Happen if the Int’l Criminal Court Indicted Israel’s Netanyahu?.

The Israeli government murdered Palestinian political leaders (not just guerrillas) and have routinely illegally expelled Palestinians from the West Bank or from parts of the West Bank illegally incorporated into Israel. They deploy torture against imprisoned Palestinians. Their policies on the West Bank, of building squatter settlements on Palestinian land from which Palestinians are excluded, is only one example of Apartheid policies. Getting a conviction on Article VII should be child’s play for the prosecutor. And there are other articles which Israel is guilty of contravening.

If Israeli government officials or leaders of the squatters in the Palestinian West Bank were convicted by the ICC, would there be any hope of enforcement? Israeli firms doing business in the West Bank would be exposed to billions of dollars of legal actions in European courts and would be unable to sell their goods in Europe, if they were declared fruits of crimes against humanity and apartheid. If the legal actions were brought by Palestine, Israel would be ordered to pay it massive reparations.

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Such an action would also have ramifications in Australia as well because Australia is a state party to the Rome Statute. Whether the Australian government will enforce the decisions of the ICC given the bi-partisan support for Israel, remains to be seen.

Any decision by the ICC against Israel will put the Australian Jewish community in trouble because the majority support Israel through financial aid (especially to settlements on the West Bank), political actions, and military (through young dual-citizens serving in the IDF). These could be construed as criminal activities. Again, prosecutions are doubtful given the current political climate in Australia.

Also, of interest would be have the designation of foreign fighters would affect the young dual-citizens who serve in the IDF.