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Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The USA don't even recognise the ICC. Also just read the first paragraph of the text

Labour has announced its biggest step yet in overhauling the UK’s approach to the Middle East, dropping its opposition to an international arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu despite pressure from Washington not to do so.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Huh weird, when the same institution issued an arrest warrant for Putin, USA was encouraging it heavily. But now it's their dog and of course crickets ensues.