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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Isn't this symbolic in nature? Neither Israel or Hamas are signatories to the Rome Statute, so does this really do anything?
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If your question is does that mean they can't be arrested (if warrants are issuesd) and tried as the low life terrorist murdering scum that they are.
Then no. It is not symbolic in nature except to symbolize to the world that they are both considered to be worthy of being tried as criminals.
Putin. Gadaffi. Milosevic. Hamas. The democratically elected leader of the state of Israel
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A panel of judges at the ICC now will consider whether to issue the arrest warrants. States signed up to the ICC’s Rome Statute would then be obliged to detain the men if they had the chance.
The 124 signatories do not include Russia, China and the US. Israel has not signed either.
But the ICC has ruled that it does have legal authority to prosecute criminal acts in the war because the Palestinians are signatories.
If the arrest warrants are issued, it would mean that Mr Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, would not be able to visit close Western allies without risking arrest.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the ICC’s actions were "not helpful to reaching a pause in the fighting, getting hostages out or humanitarian aid in". But if the warrants are issued, Britain would have to make the arrests, unless it could argue successfully that Mr Netanyahu had diplomatic immunity.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4490z75v3o