Maybe we'll see Ursula von der Leyen in the dock, alongside Blinken and co.
Posted by Morrissey on May 30, 2024, 10:27 pm
Top EU official accused at ICC of ‘complicity’ in Gaza genocide Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU commission, has been repeatedly criticized over the months for unconditional support for Israel
News Desk MAY 27, 2024
The Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) has submitted a request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, for complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
A communication submitted by GIPRI on 22 May details “through facts and evidence, that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the current president of the European Commission … is complicit in a number of violations of international humanitarian law, amounting to crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC, committed by the Israeli armed forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including the Gaza Strip.”
“This communication, endorsed by various human rights groups and prominent academics and experts in international criminal law, calls the [ICC] Prosecutor to initiate investigations on the basis of the information provided against Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen,” the communication adds.
For one I would be delighted to see that unelected EU official in the dock. She has no legitimacy and her actions are harmful. Of course, Biden would be cherry on the cake.
Fwiw I was also looking at Jose Borrell's bio to see at any connection to Israel, this came up in his wiki:
In the summer of 1969 Borrell worked as volunteer at the Gal On kibbutz in Israel, where he met his future French wife Caroline Mayeur,[5][12]
He more or less replicates Ursula's statements on Israel post 7th Oct. Pity GIPRI didn't see him as fit for the dock : /
on May 30, 2024, 10:27 pm