Video: MEPs Applaud ICC Arrest Warrants Issued for Israel's Netanyahu and Condemn West's Double Standards!

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let's be clear about the actions of of

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some individuals and political groups in

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here it is hypocrisy to question the ICC

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arrest warrant it is shameful that the

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farri groups and the conservative EP

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attempted to block this issue from

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today's agenda I expected such behavior

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from

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anti-democrats but what justification

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does the EP group have the ICC arrest

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warrants for Israeli Prime Minister

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netan Former Defense Minister Galant and

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Hamas Commander in Chief Dave should not

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be questioned by anyone it's an

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obligation of all our member states to

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implemented it is their obligation not

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question it by anyone respect for

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international law must be maintained

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consistently regardless of who is the

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aggressor and who is the victim and as

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far as I know there is not a

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international law for Israel and another

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international law for rest of the world

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there is no difference between

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perpetrators and those silently actively

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watching people being killed don't

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forget the silence is to be complicit

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stop defending war crimes for God

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sake thank you dear

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colleague I used to believe the European

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Union embodies its core values but how

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can anyone still believe that what we

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are witnessing is crimes against

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humanity Israel went as far as to making

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targeted deadly attacks on un staff and

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property and when that didn't make them

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leave they decided to ban them still the

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eu's silence and failure to condemn

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Israel's actions means we are de facto

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supporting it I'll admit I was hopeful

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last week uh that the EU Will Stand

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United in backing of the ICC ruling to

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issue arrest warrants against senior

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Israel leaders and Hamas officials as we

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portray ourselves as Defenders of the

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rule of law yet once again the deeply

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rooted double standards have prevailed

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you should be ashamed and to all of you

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who still pick and choose when and for

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what you uphold EU values there's no

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decision to be made do better colleagues

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and be quiet when the children are

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sleeping not when they are being

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killed dear colleagues in the light of

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daily war crimes committed in Gaza in

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Lebanon the ACC arrest warrant are a

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grim consolation for tens of thousands

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of victims I welcome acc's decision and

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call on the all states to respect it and

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to defend international law and

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institutions let's be clear protecting

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international law and ensuring

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accountability for all regardless of

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nationality or position is imperative

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the ACC must fulf its mandate to uphold

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Justice and prevent future violations

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what's even more striking than the

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double standards often applied including

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the EU institutions toward Israel is the

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Silence of President F liion silence is

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complicity in 2012 European Union

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received prize for its contribution for

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postwar peace in Europe the question is

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does it still deserve it the actions of

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its leaders speak for themselves not in

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my name ceasefire now sanctions now

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peace

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now thank you dear colleague next

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speaker Madame

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Jag dear colleagues nothing can justify

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the brutal Hamas attack on October 7 or

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the suffering of Israelis still held

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hostage while recognizing Israel's right

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to self-defense it is impossible to

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justify its response resulting in over

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40,000 civilian deaths in Gaza and I

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want to address this humanitarian

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catastrophe happening in front of our

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eyes this winter millions of

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Palestinians face hunger and diseases

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lacking homes food and medical supplies

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and role of onra is vital it is

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providing Essentials like food water

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health care and education and there is

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no replacement in the region Israel's

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bills labeling this UN agency as

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terrorist organ organization take effect

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in two months yet as I said there is

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absolutely no viable alternative in the

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region that can replace this agency's

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crucial Aid let me be clear Israel has

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no plan B for war refugees and if we all

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fail to act history will judge us thank

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you thank you very much dear colleague

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Mr Clon you have the floor

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thank you the arrest warrant from the

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ICC is clear the israelian Israeli

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government has

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systematically

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violated international law with direct

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attacks on

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civilians um denying medical care for

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example and this is having horrendous

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repercussion for the Palestinian

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people and how can the

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EU defend this what will happen if there

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are no consequences to this after

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January there needs to be an arms

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embargo and there needs to be sanctions

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imposed against Israel as

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well I'm ashamed of what the EU is doing

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it's so hypocritical the EU says that

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they support international law and

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humanitarian law and fundamental rights

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but but then we have innocent

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Palestinians being

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killed this cannot we cannot simply take

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that

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approach we need to see action not just

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words and we need to prevent these war

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crimes against

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Palestinians thank you president

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commission

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colleagues the spir in it the spiral of

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violence in the Middle East is

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continuing day after day and we consider

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this normal the normal numbers of

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victims are disappearing into page six

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and seven of our newspapers and the

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destruction of the Palestinian Villages

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and also Lebanon uh not being talked

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about at all we have to stop this

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violence there is no justification for

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the unimaginable number of Civilian

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victims through violence but also

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through displacement and famine as a

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weapon the international law needs to be

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followed up the icc's arrest warrants

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are Justified and binding purely and

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simply Mr netanyahu's death campaign

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undermines peace and undermines the

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release of the hostages in fact because

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Mr uh Netanyahu has left these hostages

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in the Lurch from the very start and

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from the EU it's an embarrassing lack of

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any um attack on uh Israel stopping

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suspending the association agreement

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stopping any kind of uh or

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organizational

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cooperation you're you should not be

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subject to violence because of of your

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nationality Mr President Madame

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commissioner dear

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colleagues I don't think we should use a

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double standard here we have two

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conflicts and we should have the same

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definition of the attacker and of the

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person and of the and of the victim

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defending itself the the hostages have

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to be released we've been discussing

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this since October last year and uh not

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all of the hostages have been returned

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we need uh several paths in order to um

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to offer humanitarian aid but we cannot

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say that Israel is the only guilty party

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here as long as Hamas is a is an

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attacker and a terrorist organization

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that has organized attacks in the past I

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think we should be fair and find a

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solution for peace in order to keep

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people from dying and uh to keep

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children from losing their parents and

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not having access to food this is the

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right Sol solution uh not taking sides

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depending on different principles we

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have to treat International conflicts in

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the same way

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