Poland’s good service to the Zionists; Dehnkeji “Warsaw” to the Iernational Criminal Court – Mehr News agency RCO News Agency
Mehr News Agency, Iernational Group: On November 21, 2024, the Iernational Criminal Court issued an arrest warra for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, and Yoav Gala, the former Minister of War of the Zionist regime. During this period, many couries announced that they will execute the court’s arrest warra if the Zionist authorities eer; In the meaime, Poland recely announced that it will not impleme the judgme of the court and has no decision to arrest Netanyahu.
Poland’s support for the Zionist regime after October 7
After October 7, 2023, Poland is one of the most importa supporters of the Zionist regime among European couries. Relations between the two sides have been ongoing since September 1948. During this period, Poland is one of the economic, technological, cultural and foreign policy partners of the occupying regime. Tel Aviv’s direct investme in Poland is estimated at 3-5 billion euros. In 2017, the former head of the Zionist regime, Reuven Rivlin, called the regime’s coact with the European Union and Poland the core of Tel Aviv’s foreign policy. Poland’s approach in supporting the occupying regime after October 7 is importa from two dimensions:
1. In the meeting with the Zionists, the Polish authorities have emphasized statemes such as “cooperation with Tel Aviv in the fight against terrorism” and “thousand-year historical and cultural ties between the two sides.” Poland’s special envoy in Tel Aviv said in an ierview with the Times newspaper of the Zionist regime at the same time as the October 7 operation: “The whole democratic world should support Israel (regime) in the fight against terrorists.” He also rejected the accusations about the occupation regime’s genocide in Gaza and said: “I am absolutely sure that the Israeli army (regime) is not planning an operation to kill innoce people.”
2. For more than a year, Poland has been trying to promote Tel Aviv’s support position in the European Union. This coury in the Union has always emphasized the right of the Zionist regime to do anything to preserve its existence and ensure the security of its citizens inside and outside.
Poland’s approach to the judgme of the Iernational Criminal Court
After the arrest warra issued by the Zionist authorities, the leading Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported that Netanyahu is not going to participate in the liberation ceremony of the German-Nazi Auschwitz camp, which will be held in Poland on January 27, due to fear of arrest. But recely, Polish Preside Andriy Duda asked Prime Minister Donald Tusk to guaraee that Netanyahu will not be arrested by the Iernational Criminal Court for traveling to Poland to participate in the ceremony. The news of this letter was first reported by Bloomberg. The preside of Poland has used the tradition of legal protection of foreign missions as an excuse for Netanyahu’s ery.
“He trusts that the governme can use the rich traditions in the field of legal protection of foreign delegations eering Poland to find an appropriate formula for the above-meioned guaraees and reconcile respect for iernational law with the extraordinary nature of iernational law,” Duda said.
Although some officials, such as the Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, have emphasized the coury’s duty to respect the seence of the Criminal Court, but it seems that this approach is mostly due to the relationship between the Preside of Poland and the Preside-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, because Duda as a person The conservative has close ties to Donald Trump, while Tusk is a more liberal figure who also has a track record of criticizing Trump.
Ignoring human rights
Before the establishme of the Iernational Criminal Court, which takes steps to try people who commit the most heinous iernational crimes regardless of the immunity and status of the accused, without a doubt, few could have imagined that it would be possible to impleme justice for high-ranking officials in a world ceered on sovereigy. The establishme of the Iernational Criminal Court has opened another way to protect human rights and preve their violations in the world. This court has jurisdiction over crimes such as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. In this situation, it seems that Poland’s approach in ignoring the verdict of the Criminal Court strengthens the suspicion that human rights and iernational laws are only a tool to serve the ierests of the United States, European governmes and their allies.
Conflict with the bindingness of the judgmes of the Iernational Criminal Court
On the other hand, Poland’s approach is in conflict with the binding nature of the judgme of the Iernational Criminal Court. This is while The decisions of the court are binding for all couries. Based on voluary rights, the decisions of the Court are binding on the coracting parties, in the form of the Statute of the Court and the Charter of the United Nations.
Palestine has jurisdiction of the Iernational Criminal Court since the 12th of June 2014 accepted In this regard, the annexation of Palestine to this docume makes it possible to prosecute and try the perpetrators of crimes under the jurisdiction of the court in Palestine. In the curre war, which has been going on in Gaza since 2023, the exercise of jurisdiction of the court compared to the actions of the Zionist regime is more compatible with the principles and goals of the establishme of the court, and in this regard, the court, after a long investigation, ordered the arrest of two senior officials of the occupying regime. He has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. In this situation, Poland, along with other members of the court, is obliged to arrest the couple if they eer its territory.
the result
Poland’s support to the Zionist regime has increased after October 7, 2023. Poland’s latest protective measure is the declaration of non-implemeation of the Iernational Criminal Court’s order to arrest Netanyahu. Ignoring this ruling can be considered as a sign of Warsaw’s disregard for human rights and the judgmes of the Iernational Criminal Court under false pretenses.
This approach has faced many criticisms. Piotr Hofmanski, the former head of the Iernational Criminal Court, stated that from a legal poi of view, the issue is completely clear; There is a warra for the arrest of the Prime Minister (regime) of Israel for committing war crimes, and governmes are obliged to impleme it. This decision of Poland is completely political. Ignoring the legal and iernational obligation to fully cooperate with the Court will undermine Poland’s iernational position. This approach will question the philosophy of the existence of the Iernational Criminal Court if the governmes refuse to fulfill its obligations.
Sajjad Moradi Kalardeh; Iernational relations researcher
