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Rule of law is obviously sympathetic to Hamas.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 93 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Tomer-Yerushalmi appeared to be a model servant of the state. Only the second woman to rise to the position, in 2021, she was appointed chief military advocate – effectively the IDF’s top lawyer.

She was shaping up to be such a good little war criminal, but she just had go and develop a moral compass...

The country was also still in the grip of profound shock and, for many citizens, fury at the October 7 massacre, with extremely limited concern for the treatment of detained Palestinians.

Such a way with words. "extremely limited concern for the treatment of detained Palestinians" is a very pretty way to say "thirsting for the blood of innocent civilians"

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 55 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

October 7 massacre

vs

detained Palestinians

Completely ignoring the starved, bombed, and shot ones not in detention (they are dead)

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

but she just had go and develop a moral compass

It's not so straightforward.

Traditionally Israel’s government and military have considered the existence of an independent judiciary a crucial barrier to international legal tribunals investigating Israel for alleged abuses against Palestinians.

Where there is a robust national legal system willing and able to investigate and prosecute crimes, international courts are less likely to have jurisdiction to intervene.

“Don’t they understand we had no choice? That the only way to address the wave of international legal proceedings is by proving we can investigate ourselves?” the investigative reporter Ronen Bergman quoted the advocate general telling colleagues six weeks ago, in a report for Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

In recent decades many Israelis have seen the role of the military advocate general “as protecting soldiers from prosecution abroad”, said Prof Yagil Levy, head of the Institute for the Study of Civil-Military Relations at Israel’s Open University.

“In other words, the law is not upheld as a value in itself, but as a defence against international tribunals.”

Her office exists (to self-police just enough?) to avert international prosecution.