Hamas and Benjamin Netanyahu Accused of War Crimes by The International Criminal Court

Ben Rhodes and guest host Alyona Minkovski discuss the ICC’s application for arrest warrants against both Hamas and Netanyahu for war crimes, the mass exodus of civilians from Rafah, a US-Saudi pact supposedly being days away from being agreed to, and public rebukes against Netanyahu from members of his own war cabinet. They also talk about the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash, Zelensky putting hopes into Xi Jinping to pressure Putin on negotiations, an assassination attempt against the Slovakian Prime Minister, the latest in the trial of Julian Assange, a failed coup involving Americans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Anthony Blinken “Rockin’ in the Free World”. Then, Ben speaks with Tamara Chergoleishvili, who is running for office in Georgia in this October’s elections in the European Georgia party.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
3:50 - Arrest warrants for Bibi & Hamas
17:14 - Gaza updates
31:33 - Iran's president killed
37:50 - Ukraine/Russia War
47:34 - Slovakian assassination attempt
51:00 - Julian Assange
59:10 - DRC coup attempt
1:03:09 - Antony Blinken rocking out
1:06:32 - Tamara Chergoleishvili interview

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[anagamo]

Rant was ON POINT. and it was no rant at all. Many, MANY of us are fuming at the US response. Khan gives hope that there is a bit of sanity left in all this.

[katzw]

Thank you for calling out the hypocrisy… I feel like I’m going insane listening to the moral backflips trying to justify civilian slaughter

[Richannplayshop]

Excellent next-level-U.S.-hypocrisy rant Ben.

[margaretmcnamee]

As always I hope the Biden administration and the members of Congress are listening to you.

[Silverhawk]

Speaking purely as an audio engineer, Alyona Minkovski has a really good podcasting/radio voice.

[ABB.]

I would argue Netanyahu is far worse than Hamas at this point. 40, 000+ civilians is no small thing. Starving a million people is just sick and wrong. The “moral equivalency” argument is just stupid.

[tylerr.]

Absolutely love Alyona on the pod! Take your time, Tommy 😅

[Reldas]

Biden's inability to see Israel as a bad actor is heartbreaking. He has my vote, but not my confidence. Thank you Ben for always speaking truth to power.

[titaniumteddybear]

I'm trying to understand Israel's point of view. On the one hand any criticism of the decisions of the Israeli government are "anti-Semitism" because the government champions the needs of all Jewish people. But on the other hand the belief that all Jewish people are somehow in accordance with the government of Israel is also anti-Semitism? Gosh, it's almost as if any criticism of Israel gets called anti-Semitic whether it actually is or not.

[sarahadam]

Love you Ben
And love your rant, on behalf of all of us

[PennyOnTube]

Tommy, no offence, I love you, hope you know that. But your family needs you right now. And Alyona should do this for a lot more episodes. Great job!

[lynnfischer]

THANK YOU, for that succinct and powerful critique of US outrageously hypocritical response to ICC application for arrest warrants including BB &Co.!!!!

[raulferrer-conill]

If PSA has three hosts, can't see why PSW couldn't have three hosts. Ben, Tommy and Alyona as the regular lineup would be awesome.

[dorothea_walland]

as a Slovakian person (living in austria for the past 15yrs) it makes me so happy and so sad to hear you talk about my country.. i really hope we don't follow the hungarian example.... 😢 (also, i would be trilled to meet you guys one day, big fan of PSA and PSW, following you from afar)

[HunterCroswell]

I would absolutely love to hear Alonya on a more regular world news segment she's fantastic.

[paulkenny]

The patently ridiculous situation of giving bombs to Israel and building a pier to provide aid. I guess war is big business when you can supply both sides

[Thunder-Chief]

Why is Alyona slumming it with you guys??? She has such a wonderful broadcast voice, I could totally see her on a national news station. For our sake, I hope she remains happy right where she is. Oh, and give her a permanent spot at the table. If she wants.

[jezplaisance]

Another solid episode. And I love that Ben does these shows with a bird on his head.

[inconspicuoustoaster]

"rules based international order" - yet the US signed into a law the "invade the Haague act". Things don't add up

[aidanjeffers]

All due respect, I do not understand why Ben keeps using the verbiage "famine like conditions", it is a full blown famine according to the UN. Does he not trust their assessment? Is that loaded language at this point? I understand the debate around using genocide but at this point where is the controversy surrounding famine?