Former ICC chief prosecutor: 'Netanyahu is afraid' | UpFront

Luis Moreno Ocampo discusses the International Criminal Court arrest warrant requests for Israeli and Hamas leaders.

As Israel’s war on Gaza keeps raging, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The prosecutor, Karim Khan, has taken the same actions against three Hamas leaders.

If the arrest warrants are granted, the five men won’t be able to step foot in any country that is a signatory to the ICC without risking arrest. Both Israel and Hamas have condemned the requests.

The court has long been criticised for going after leaders only from the Global South, so does this decision signal it is now willing to prosecute Western powers and their close allies?

This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks with the first chief prosecutor of the ICC, Luis Moreno Ocampo, about the implications of arrest warrants for the Israeli and Hamas leaders.

[Cecile-pd]

I do hope to see Netanyahu in prison during my lifetime…

[husnabeghum]

Thanks to South Africa for all they efforts

[Tman]

ICJ has ordered Israel to get out of Rafah, Open Rafah border and let investigators in Gaza... UNSC must enforce the orders ASAP and Algeria must put a motion for a vote in Monday!!

[danielreiss-cyzr]

It's great to hear Luis Moreno Ocampo. He understands the law and respects it. Understands and respects people, too. When he lectured in Jerusalem, he was welcomed like a dear friend. And so he is in the long run.

[carlleclerc]

INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

[bare.minimum.]

The simple answer is not everybody is bloodless, humanity is still alive in some of us

[littlegesto]

This is a hundred times better analysis than anything you would find on American tv.

[ramatgan]

Proud that the Somali Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf vote for.
Free Palestine. 🍉
End the Genocide.

[Butterflies_daisy]

The people of Palestine have the right to peace and security. ❤

[lostangelwithnosoul]

why do they still talk about Hamas killing 1440 civilians
200 were already to be identified as Hamas
IDF members and ISrael ciovilians told IDF was shooting people how can Hamas have killed the people shot by IDF bullets?
Hamas did kill people in gunfire and bullets that issed target
but people who had forced IDF srvice are trained military not innocent civilians

[KaliAction]

Proud to see that Marc Lamont Hill's career as a journalist seems to be growing, he is a unique and important voice, and I like his demeanor, his questions, and his sets the performance bar high in the field of

[mariapadilla]

Israel's response: "The ICJ is Hamas and antisemetic"
America's response: "Whatever Israel says is true"
The UK response: "Whatever the US says is true"
Germany's response: "Whatever Israel says is true because we're still sorry about WWII"

[elisabethsteel]

Totally agree, no country is above the law! 👍

[idarusabdalla-kwdn]

Definitely natenyahu is scared he's already told US to help him stop ICC from arresting him

[aaromurtomaki]

Ireland, Norway, Spain announced support for a PALESTINE STATE, ICC, to issue ARREST WARRANT for BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. Thank God.

[arifmahmudarf]

The expression of the guest after hearing Netanyahu's accusation on kareem khan about being antisemitic was excellent 😂

[mohamedmuhammad]

Well spoken sir.

ICC And ICJ should not be treaten or Blackmailed.

ICC & ICJ keep it up you doing great and brave things.

ICC & ICJ
❤❤❤❤

[sheriarthur]

Ocampo is 💯 correct. We need the ICJ and ICC to transform what the consequences will be for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes.

[jewels]

I personally feel heartbroken that my country, the United States, has forgotten what we stand for.

I agree supporting our allies to a CERTAIN EXTENT. NOT unconditionally

[bisirathaile]

Al Jazeera needs a Nobel peace prize! They are doing the lords work!