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Canada, France, Italy and Greece allow Netanyahu’s overflight despite ICC warrant (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on Thursday on his way to address the UN, despite an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November 2024, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Gaza since October 2023.

Netanyahu arrived in the US for a short visit to address the UN General Assembly in New York, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he does not have the authority to arrest the Israeli leader.

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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (50 children)

Putting aside the question of whether the leadership of those countries actually wanted to arrest him, it's not obvious to me what they could actually do.

When an aircraft is passing through, and not actually landing, they could order it to land (which it would refuse to do, presumably), then they could resort to some posturing with fighter aircraft, then they would either have to give up or shoot down a foreign head of state.

Unless they're willing to immediately go to war with Israel and the US, and likely a bunch of other countries, there's really nothing they can do about it

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  • [–] [S] 29 points 1 week ago (42 children)

    Not give it passage through their airspace. The most basic things.

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  • [+] -18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You plan to not give passage with your amazing mind control skills?

    Your "basic things" proposal needs to be pragmatic.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    How do you think nations enforce their airspace normally?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I always assume that libs are dumb as fuck but this was just amazing. They don't know anything holy shit.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago

    They've become worse than parodies of themselves at this point. Like, Netanyahu could literally drive through these countries and these white supremacists would be arguing "How could they possibly arrest him? He could just say no!"

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Western Values Hypocrisy laid bare:

    Rules for thee, virtue signalling for me.

    there's really nothing they can do about it

    Do you think Putin could go through these European airspace without being challenged?

    Give us some more of that mental gymnastics, bud.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Do you think Putin could go through these European airspace without being challenged?

    What are they gonna do? Shoot down the leader of the country with the largest nuclear arsenal in the world?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    If an aircraft enters your airspace without your permission, you can shoot it down. Who is on it is immaterial. I can understand Italy, Greece and Canada not having AA missiles or not wanting to piss off the US, but France can 100% get away with it. The US won't pick a fight with a nuclear power.

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