The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who choose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month. Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year after the International Criminal Court, the world's top war crimes court, issued an arrest warrant for him and others in connection with the war in Gaza, accusing them of crimes against humanity.
    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      nah, it looks really bad to arrest a jew in auschwitz. this would give him martyr level sympathies from some ppl. it’s wise to do it another way

      • obywatelle (she/her)
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        5 days ago

        No one said he would have to be arrested in there. He could be taken in at the airport on his way back – it’s a long distance. The good practice is that you allow the criminal to attend a family funeral and then take him back in.

        But the funny thing is that this is just part of political tensions between the president and the government in Poland. Because so far Netanjahu did not even express his will to come to the ceremonies. No diplomatic notes were sent, no requests from the Israeli government. It’s just a shitstorm for shitstorm’s sake. And it plays completely in favor of not just Bibi but Putin as well.