I saw a video[1] today where I think there was essentially every living ex leader of Israel’s various intelligence agencies stating that Netanyahu and his allies have essentially taken the country hostage and they see it very much as an existential threat from which they might not survive.
Honestly it’s kind of hard to disagree with that analysis at this point from what I am seeing.
[1] https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3lvl4ynf32...
Hard to see how that could ever be possible given that the have the full support of the US and all its politicians for the past several decades. We give them way too much military support and aide/funding.
Only way I can see their down fall is if we decide to support and prop up another country in the middle east area instead of them.
Germany won’t come out and say this publicly because of their own complicated history but this general ideal that Europe is on board with Israel is months out of date and support is dropping rapidly by the day.
dlachausse•3h ago
Jtsummers•2h ago
> In October 2024, the Hind Rajab Foundation submitted a report to the International Criminal Court (ICC) identifying 1,000 Israeli soldiers, backed by over 8,000 pieces of evidence — mostly from social media — implicating individuals in attacks on civilians and the destruction of Palestinian homes.
hn_throwaway_99•2h ago
1. The soldiers were displaying IDF military flags at a music festival. This was not allowed by festival organizers and obviously pissed some people off.
2. These soldiers were then taken in for questioning.
It's not clear to me that these 2 were some of the specific 1,000 soldiers from that Hind Rajab Foundation report - that sounded like an associated piece of information given in the article.
e12e•2h ago
But flying a flag makes identification easier?
Jtsummers•2h ago
Almost certainly. US DOD actively discourages carrying identifying items while traveling for exactly that reason.
mrow84•2h ago
> The complaint accused them of direct involvement in war crimes and acts potentially constituting genocide in Gaza — specifically, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, torture, and forced displacement.
Seems pretty clear?
mindslight•2h ago
GordonS•2h ago
uoaei•2h ago
TFA
e12e•2h ago
> The Hind Rajab Foundation’s strategy focuses on targeting individual soldiers, especially dual nationals or those traveling to countries with universal jurisdiction provisions. Since its establishment in September 2024, the foundation has worked with legal partners to gather documentation — including videos and images taken during the soldiers’ service in Gaza — and file cases in multiple countries, including France, the Netherlands, Brazil, and the UK.
I don't think it would be surprising for such evidence to be enough to warrant investigation and questioning - but perhaps not enough for holding in custody until a trial.