Why is the west defending Israel after the ICC's request for Netanyahu's arrest warrant? | Kenneth Roth

It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west's response to the ICC accusations was to defend Israel despite its war crimes The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, responded with predictable vitriol to international criminal court (ICC) accusations against him and the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Yet his arguments are all spin, designed to divert attention from their devastating conduct in Gaza. The American, British and German governments were little better. On Monday...