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Turkiye has sought an international arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of “genocide” for Israel’s attack in May on activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza.

In a post on X on Friday, Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said arrest warrants had been issued on July 14 for Netanyahu and another suspect. Charges included genocide, crimes against humanity and torture, as part of a case against 35 people over the Israeli interception in international waters.

“In line with the arrest warrants issued against Benjamin Netanyahu … our justice ministry has requested that ⁠the interior ministry issue [Interpol] red notices for them so that they may be sought ⁠internationally,” Gurlek said.

Turkiye will use all available legal mechanisms to ensure Israel is held accountable for its crimes in Gaza, he added.

NATO member Turkiye has been one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s genocidal war ⁠on Gaza and has previously issued domestic arrest warrants for Netanyahu over its attacks.

Turkiye has also repeatedly called for international measures against Israel for what Ankara calls its violations of human rights and international law. Israel denies those charges.

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[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

It seems like Israel and Western allies are trying hard to link all the genocide on the scapegoat, including Ben Gavier guy, who been working hard to look worst than Netanyahu so Netanyahu looks like a better option to run the government.

So let's not forget the Nuremberg principles:

The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.

Soldiers, politicians, business should also be hunt down

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Frankly, mass murder of civilians or whoever the fuck should automatically be grounds for a fucking Interpol warrant, whether it’s technically genocide or not. I’m tired of this legalistic beating around the bush. People aren’t flies in a swarm to wallop all at once for your mighty agenda. Fuck you. Benjamin Netanyahu deserves to be tortured alive for as long as possible, drawing out the excruciating agony for years and years. That’s what he deserves. That would maybe approach justice. And there are others also. Fuck them. This disgusting shit show needs to stop.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 3 points 40 minutes ago

They would deny it's mass murder if that was the big accusation.

There's no real debate, all genocide and even Israeli Holocaust historians have called it a genocide, all legal experts on genocide have called it a genocide, and of course your own lying eyeballs have shown you the intent they displayed. We're not debating facts, it's all the experts on one side and all the guilty parties and their AI and their captured media on the other side.

You can have Raz Segal describe it as a textbook case of genocide a few days into it, and you still have disgusting reporters shutting people down on air to claim factually there's only a genocide against Jews today.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 hours ago

Just a fact.

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Turkish elections are coming up. They won't risk their NATO membership so this is just bluster from an autocratic regime.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Sometimes awful people do the right thing for their own awful reasons.

Doesn't stop it from being the right thing.

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It's the right thing

But don't expect someone like Erdogan of all people to suddenly do the right thing. At least I'm not getting my hopes up you know. Erdogan is a bastard too.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, totally with you on the fact that Erdogan is a bastard and a tyrant who doesn't deserve any praise or trust for doing the right thing only when it suits his own selfish ends.

That doesn't stop issuing domestic arrest warrants on war criminals and asking for international ones from objectively and unambiguously being the right thing, though.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 6 hours ago

Erdogan sees Israel as competition in the region and a threat to Turkey's security. He's not in it to do the right thing.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It is all political theatre. Erdoğan has been parading Trump as his best friend and closest ally. I think anyone with a pound of brain can see the contradiction here. So I don't expect them to carry it through with much vigour.

Not to mention they have been in close trade relations with Israel until recently and only stopped because it came to light. God knows what is still going on behind closed doors.

[–] wicked@programming.dev 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This doesn't risk their NATO membership at all. Why would it? They're an important strategic ally. Jailing a genocidal war criminal wouldn't change that much. The US might even support using him as a fall guy if that keeps popular support for Israel as a state.

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You underestimate how intertwined the US and Israel really are and how much political damage it would do to allow this to happen to anyone in the US who can be held responsible for it. There is not a chance in hell they'll have Netanyahu on the chopping block if they can help it.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Turkey trying to wash away their own sins it seems

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Being right for their own awful reasons is still being right 🤷🏻

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

What they did to armenians is despicable

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, Turkey knows a genocide when it sees one!