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First lets address this fundamental misunderstanding:

> Reasonable grounds doesn't justify an arrest warrant.

As I understand it Reasonable Grounds is a technical term used by prosecutors precisely to justify arrest warrants. It is literally the definition of Reasonable Grounds. The court argued that it had reasonable grounds to make this decision.

https://legalclarity.org/what-are-reasonable-grounds-for-mak...

> People accepted this when the court was dealing with a rouge dictator or warlord but it's an insane law to apply towards a western democracy.

I don’t share your worldview of western supremacy or western exceptionalism. Western countries are just as capable of committing atrocities as anyone else.

> Israel is upheld to a standard that no other country on earth has ever been upheld to.

This is a strong claim which should be easy for you to back up with solid arguments if true. I’ve seen this stated a lot before, and it is most often just stated as true without question. But I doubt it is. If you compare to the USA, you might be right. USA is allowed to get away with a bunch of crimes against humanity, and is held to a very lax standard. I would hope Israel would be held to a higher standard than that. But if you compare to say Iran, or Russia, the argument falls apart. Israel is allowed to hold a nuclear arsenal, while Iran is meat with a whole loads of sanctions for developing a nuclear energy program used for civil power delivery. Israel is allowed to keep an occupation in the West Bank, annex the Golan heights, and blockade the Gaza strip, while Russia is correctly sanctioned for annexing Crimea and invading and occupying other parts of Ukraine. If Israel was held to a tougher standard we would see consequences for their Nuclear program and decades long occupation.

The rest of your post I only skimmed over. I saw a lot of excuses for Israel’s conduct, some of which have very flimsy evidence, and some have been flat out debunked over and over. I have no interest in arguing Israeli propaganda points with you, as you obviously believe them deeply, and I—as well as several of the worlds Governments (including Western Democracies[1]), human rights organizations, etc.—do not. Feel free to argue with them on the matter.

1: https://www.stjornarradid.is/library/02-Rit--skyrslur-og-skr...



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