The issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the Israeli Prime Minister is an unprecedented moment in history, literally and figuratively drawing new boundaries on the world's political map. Benjamin Netanyahu, who throughout his career has pursued exceptionally tough, often confrontational diplomacy with numerous organizations and states – from sharp disputes at the UN to ignoring criticism of settlements – now finds himself facing the hard wall of international law.

    The accusations of war crimes in the Gaza Strip have triggered a global earthquake. Countries that have historically maintained close alliances with Tel Aviv, such as Canada and Hungary (after the recent political revolution), have stated bluntly: if he enters, the Prime Minister will be detained. At the same time, countries in the Global South are forming unprecedented, powerful blocs (such as the "Hague Group") to isolate the Israeli leader and block the delivery of military equipment.

    For Netanyahu himself, this represents a phenomenon no leader of a Western-backed power has ever faced before—his travel has become a logistical nightmare. Western European and Scandinavian airspace is now a no-go zone for his plane, forcing him to detour thousands of kilometers en route to the allied United States to avoid a crash landing.

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    29 Comments

    1. SameOldSongs on

      There’s r/MapsWithoutNZ , we need something else for whatever the fuck this is.

    2. Temporary_Cheetah287 on

      There are a lot more countries in the ICC than just the ones in red, they gotta step it up

    3. Zealousideal-Cut9475 on

      The number of grey countries disgusts me. A few years later they’ll all be saying “never again” like they didn’t sit and watch this happen

    4. BigTastyToe on

      All this does is tell him which countries to not go to. And I doubt any of them would attempt to make an arrest abroad like the US seems to be doing in multiple countries right now

    5. Can someone explain Switzerland? I have assumed they stay out of these things and just stay neutral

    6. vemmahouxbois on

      Gonna say that Canada absolutely would not arrest him given the shit show it would cause with Trump and the fucking mess over detaining that Huawei heiress or whatever she was that one time.

    7. Who is the guy in the corner in the red tie? I can’t tell who he is with his eyes blacked out.

    8. BarracudaDismal4782 on

      Portugal is on that map.. somehow. Maybe because of something our government wrote or said. But trust me, that would not happen if that POS came to Portugal, our government is way to weak and coward to actually do it if it had the opportunity, no matter what lead us to be on that list. I don’t know if it’s the same on other countries tho.

    9. bombastic6339locks on

      I dont understand how countries will say they’re ready to arrest netanyahu but still support israel through care packages, taxes and whatever the fuck. It should be same as with Russia where all products and everything tied to russia in every way was stopped.

    10. Maybe add Israel as possible as well, Netanyahu is facing bribery charges in Israel his trial is ongoing and if case he is convicted on all charges can face up to 10 years in prison

    11. Late_Company6926 on

      So if hamas is the elected leadership and governing body for “palestine” then will the ICC also issue an arrest warrant for hamas leadership? Or maybe this process is biased?

    12. freshbrainstump on

      Would Chile still arrest him? This declaration would have come from the previous left wing party in power under Gabriel Boric. The party in power now is a right wing conservative party under Jose Antonio Kast who is pro israel, pro trump, pro milei.