Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Stephen Semler
“Late last month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former military chief Yoav Gallant for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare, among other charges. … In addition to slandering the international justice and human rights organizations, Israeli authorities denied the accusations that Israel is obstructing humanitarian assistance to Gaza. As evidence, they boast impressive-sounding figures from Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) — the Israeli military (IDF) unit overseeing all humanitarian operations in the besieged enclave — and flaunt state-sponsored media depicting a seeming abundance of aid in Gaza, waiting to be delivered. Ironically, these boasts from Israeli officials are in fact admissions of war crimes.” (12/19/24)