Israel withholds Palestinian funds after U.N. vote

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

It is a big world out there. There must be a few people in it with some huge testicles.

Like those ones that tried to stop a CAT D9 with their body? Ya I don't see anyone like that outsmarting the Israeli's.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Three signatory countries have withdrawn support, the same three countries that have outstanding arrest warrants issued for the arrest of some of their officials: The United States, Israel, and the Sudan.

73 countries do not support the ICC of which half will not radify.

Also the only countries I see with arrest warrants are:

Congo

Uganda

Sudan

Kenya

Ivory Coast

Mali

I can't seen to find any for the US or Israel.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Hmmm... first rumblings...

For first time, Britain, France may recall ambassadors in protest at Israel's settlement construction

Moves against Israel will be made in next the few days following Netanyahu’s decision to move ahead on construction in E1 and build 3,000 housing units in settlement blocs east of Jerusalem, say senior European diplomats.

By Barak Ravid | Dec.03, 2012 | 1:00 AM

Britain and France are poised to take action − possibly including the unprecedented step of recalling their ambassadors, according to senior European diplomats − in protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to move settlement construction ahead in the area known as E1, between Ma’aleh Adumim and Jerusalem.

“This time it won’t just be a condemnation, there will be real action taken against Israel,” a senior European diplomat said.

Netanyahu’s decision Friday to move ahead on construction in E1 and to build 3,000 housing units in the settlement blocs east of Jerusalem, has apparently shocked the foreign ministries and the leaders in London and Paris. Not only do Britain and France view construction in E1 as a “red line,” they are reportedly angry because they view Israel as having responded ungratefully to the support the two countries gave it during the recent Gaza operation.

“London is furious about the E1 decision,” a European diplomat told Haaretz.

According to three senior diplomats from various EU countries, Britain and France were coordinating their moves against Israel, which they will reportedly implement over the next few days, and have discussed the extraordinary step of recalling their ambassadors from Tel Aviv for consultations. This step has never been taken before by these countries toward Israel. It would be so extreme that Britain and France may not take such action at this point but, rather, could invoke it in the case of further escalation of Israeli actions against the Palestinians. A final decision in the matter will be made today by the British and the French foreign ministers.

A source in the Prime Minister’s Bureau said Israel was planning more steps against the Palestinian Authority. “The Palestinians will soon realize they made a mistake in taking unilateral steps that breached agreements with Israel,” the source said.

Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz decided Sunday morning to confiscate the tax money that Israel had collected for the PA in November − a total of NIS 460 million − and to use it against the PA’s debt to the Israel Electric Corporation.

Britain and France are said to have informed Washington of their reported moves against Israel, as well as other European countries, including Germany.

Among the more moderate steps under consideration are suspending strategic dialogue meetings between the two countries and Israel, making a decision in each country to label consumer products that originate in the territories, and even promoting sanctions against the settlements in the West Bank settlements in EU institutions.

At this point, Germany is not expected to join a move to recall its ambassador from Tel Aviv, but it might join more moderate steps. Netanyahu will be in Berlin Thursday for a periodic bilateral summit. According to a German diplomat, Netanyahu is expected to hear sharp opposition from Chancellor Angela Merkel over punitive steps against the Palestinians by Israel, especially construction in E1.

The EU is putting heavy pressure on Israel to retract its decision to move ahead on construction in E1. Five senior European ambassadors have lodged very sharply worded protests with the Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem since Friday evening.

A senior European diplomat said that Friday evening, shortly after the government’s decision was announced, British Ambassador Matthew Gould and French Ambassador Christophe Bigot called Foreign Ministry director general Rafi Barak and held what was described as a “very tough” conversation. The British and French ambassadors told Barak they were calling on Israel to rescind its decision on construction in E1.

Dutch Ambassador Caspar Veldkamp, EU Ambassador Andrew Standley, and the German deputy ambassador called the Foreign Ministry yesterday morning. The Dutch ambassador, whose country abstained in Thursday’s UN vote on Palestinian nonmember-state status, told Barak that if the E1 construction went forward, his country could not support Israel in future UN votes. The German deputy ambassador conveyed a similar message.

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/for-first-time-britain-france-may-recall-ambassadors-in-protest-at-israel-s-settlement-construction.premium-1.481963#

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

73 countries do not support the ICC of which half will not radify.

Also the only countries I see with arrest warrants are:

Congo

Uganda

Sudan

Kenya

Ivory Coast

Mali

I can't seen to find any for the US or Israel.

Interpol Arrest Warrant Issued For ####### Cheney

Fear of arrest still prevents Israeli officials from visiting Britain

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Interpol Arrest Warrant Issued For ####### Cheney

Fear of arrest still prevents Israeli officials from visiting Britain

Both of which are related to sovereign nations and not the ICC.

I think even Malaysia found Bush himself guilty of a war crime recently.

Edited December 3, 2012 by Sousuke

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

International arrest warrants have been requested for George W. Bush, Richard (#######) Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleeza Rice and Alberto Gonzales at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands.

http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/25-01-2010/111844-war_criminals_bush-0/

Both of which are related to sovereign nations and not the ICC.

I think even Malaysia found Bush himself guilty of a war crime recently.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

International arrest warrants have been requested for George W. Bush, Richard (#######) Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleeza Rice and Alberto Gonzales at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands.

http://english.pravd...iminals_bush-0/

Requested but did not get apparently.

Still not seeing any outstanding arrest warrants...

wait maybe I misinterpreted what you were saying. I assumed you were talking about warrants through the ICC.

Edited December 3, 2012 by Sousuke

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Requested but did not get apparently.

Still not seeing any outstanding arrest warrants...

Could be right. Google is infested with commies that really hated the Bush administration, and xenophobes that continue to hate the Hague, so it is getting hard to filter fact from wishful thinking.

[mawilson 2,133]

It is a big world out there. There must be a few people in it with some huge testicles.

Russia, China. No-one else will dare incur the wrath of the US government.

[Ban Hammer 13,570]

Russia, China. No-one else will dare incur the wrath of the US government.

not unless they like looking up a lot

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

LOL as if the US is going to bomb Europe, Latin American or Australia if they impose economic sanctions on Israel or a boycott on settlement goods, etc. That's where this is all headed.

Europe is a major trade partner for Israel - 2nd largest buyer of Israeli exports, 1st source of imports into Israel. The EU has quite a number of ways to express its displeasure with Netanyahu, who should be remembering that Israel needs Europe a lot more than Europe needs Israel.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

not unless they like looking up a lot

Pretty lame if the US has to bully the rest of the world into submission. That wouldn't make us any better than a third world imperialist nation like Israel.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Pretty lame if the US has to bully the rest of the world into submission. That wouldn't make us any better than a third world imperialist nation like Israel.

WTH do you think we have been doing since WW2?

[mawilson 2,133]

That wouldn't make us any better than a third world imperialist nation like Israel.

We aren't any better. In fact, we're worse.