At this point, is it fair to say people who are still defending Bibi are "bitter enders"? If your devotion to one terrible man has inspired you to attack the world's institutions of justice and international cooperation, consider stepping back and conducting a thorough internal reevaluation.
Thing is, a lot of the people who oppose the ICC here are definitely not Bibi fans.
Yeah, I’ve been vocally criticizing Netanyahu for over a decade. He can’t go to prison for corruption fast enough as far as I’m concerned.
Then your decision to go to bat for him here and elsewhere is baffling. Particularly when even pro-Israel American Dems (like Schumer) have gotten fed up with him and called for change (you called Fetterman a 'good man' for isolating himself on this issue) and when even folks in his own government are getting tired of his refusal to commit to a plan in Palestine.
This is specific to Bibi - I refuse to believe the disastrous mismanagement of this military operation, high civilian casualty count and its quagmire-like quality were inevitable. He has been worse than corrupt - he, as I've said before, has actively quashed efforts for peace by cultivating Hamas and opposing the two state solution (gambling that the former would stop the latter.) His rhetoric and that of other right wingers led to the assassination of Israel's leader in the 90s because they opposed such peace efforts.
While Hamas' leaders (and Qatar) get the biggest blame for the horrific terrorist attack against the Jewish people in October, I hold Bibi responsible for helping them gain power and resisting peace efforts, and for the aforementioned disastrous failure of a military operation that quickly isolated Israel on the global stage. He has intimated that he will not hold an election at any point for the duration of the war despite his cratered popularity, showing that he has an impetus to continue it indefinitely.
Bibi is not synonymous with Israel. If I were a voter there today I would call to hand him over. Then maybe the country can finally move forward with someone more competent at the helm who has an interest in actually resolving this situation.
The reason so many people who hate Bibi are still opposed to handing him over is because it would acknowledge ICC jurisdiction over Israelis, which could easily lead to Gantz being indicted - or worse, random Israeli soldiers or citizens - and Israel would have a far weaker leg to stand on in demanding those charges not be pursued.
Netanyahu needs to go to prison in Israel for corruption and possibly dereliction of duty.
