Why Israel Won’t Hand Netanyahu Over to International Justice

It is not tempting at all to give up Netanyahu

to international justice because the Israeli system is

very aware of something that we should all be aware of,

that this is

not the actions of one man. This is the actions of a

system. This is the actions of an entire political

class.

This is the actions of the military. This is the actions of the state.

Netanyahu did not on his own go out and commit a genocide for the

last three years. Netanyahu on his own did not maintain an

illegal

occupation for decades, did not maintain a siege

and blockade of Gaza,

did not maintain the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in

the West

Bank. This was a state system-wide operation.

Eisenkot was part of it. He was in the military.

He was in the cabinet, Eisenkot. He was part of the cabinet

during part of this genocide after October 7th when

he was a member of emergency unity security

cabinet. Israeli generals, Israeli soldiers,

Israeli judges. This is a

system-wide mobilization. There were dissenting

voices, but they have been quite marginal.

So if you give Netanyahu up to international justice, then you are

accepting international law, which Israel rejects.

You are accepting the international justice system, which Israel rejects.

And you are accepting that not just Netanyahu, but an

entire system here is guilty, is culpable

for war crimes. So they're not going down that path.