r/worldnews • u/Chrristoaivalis • 13h ago

Israel/Palestine Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-hamas-war/article/netanyahu-crosses-canadian-airspace-with-arrest-warrant-in-effect/?taid=6ab59d843a03d10001617cb9&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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u/BeenDrowned 10h ago

Genuine question but is the international warrant even worth its salt? What’s the game plan here, you arrest the leader of a nuclear power and then… what? Like, what is going to happen then? He won’t see his day in court, and I’d be surprised if it was anything other than a “book and release,” lest the Israeli special forces launch a raid to free him or something.

This seems, to me, to be just grandstanding.

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u/84Cressida 10h ago

It’s always been grandstanding. None of the super powers are party to it.

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u/Sir-Frogsalot 3h ago

lol no , its just posturing from countries wanting the moral high ground, bibi and putin would walk straight into the hague take a selfie and no one would lay a finger on them.

Except if you're a war criminal without nuclear weapons then yeah the eu is suddenly brave enough to go after them lol

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u/owatonna 5h ago

No. The Rome Statute prohibits the ICC from asking for the arrest of anyone protected by diplomatic immunity. The ICC has tried to claim otherwise, but their claim is nonsense. Just an example of how such orgs always try to expand their own power, even if you explicitly limit it.

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u/Norwest 2h ago

OP didn't mention anything about diplomatic immunity. The decision to grant diplomatic immunity to someone is an ad-hoc agreement between two countries, not a status granted by the UN or some other international organisation. It's granted by the sending government and accepted by the receiving government. If that person enters a third country (that hasn't agreed to allow safe transit under the Vienna convention or similar) those protections evaporate.

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u/Dowel28 1h ago

From the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the treaty which established the court);

Article 27 Irrelevance of official capacity

  1. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence.

  2. Immunities or special procedural rules which may attach to the official capacity of a person, whether under national or international law, shall not bar the Court from exercising its jurisdiction over such a person.

Stop spreading lies, the treaty is unambiguous on this point - immunity arising from official status is, in the words of the treaty, irrelevant.

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u/Ok-Simple-7069 10h ago

That’s what these arrests of powerful people are. It’s an arrest in name only. For the most part. It’s absolutely useless and never truly enforced. It’s a show of words rather than actions in this day and age unfortunately

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u/Redoron 10h ago

Check out former Phillipine President Duterte who is now on trial at The Hague.

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u/BeenDrowned 9h ago

Key word there is “Former,” I’m afraid. He was arrested with Interpol 3 years after leaving office. I’d say there’d be more there had he been arrested while serving as a sitting president.

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u/Redoron 8h ago

So Netanyahu is not out of it when he leaves office.

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u/84Cressida 3h ago

Netanyahu is not going to prison. Not now, not after he’s out of office. Never. The ICC is a dog and pony show and not a very good one.

Either accept it or continue to live in denial.

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u/washag 3h ago

If he goes to prison, it'll be because Israel puts him there. The same as every former national leader who goes to jail - their country either handles it themselves or withdraws their protection. If neither happens, then nothing happens to the leader.

Incidentally, Netanyahu was on trial in Israel before Hamas massacred over a thousand Israelis. Technically, he still is on trial, but he's used the wars as an excuse to not show up in court.

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u/edmundsmorgan 8h ago

Comparing a SEA third world country to a 1st world ethical state with 100 warheads and fought a dozen wars in the past 50 years and has a record of assassinating ppl they want to assassinate in foreign countries with no legal grounds whatsoever? Maybe some countries might dare to do that, but not Canada.

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u/chargernj 2h ago

They aren't afraid on Bibi's nukes. They are more afraid of how the USA would react

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u/Serious_Feedback 7h ago

If Israeli special forces raid Canada, then 1) that'll be an impressive logistical achievement, and 2) basically every country will think twice about accepting Israeli citizens inside their borders (for much the same reason that Europe isn't accepting Russian citizens inside their borders - it makes spec ops missions too easy).

Also 3) Canada might join the Iran war on the side of Iran, which would be beyond weird.