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Former prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague said that Israel intimidated and pressured her while she was working and living in the Dutch city. She reported the incident to the Dutch government and authorities, but they did little to nothing, the Gambian former ICC prosecutor told Al Jazeera in an interview.

It started shortly after she started investigating Israel’s actions in Palestine in 2015. Two men showed up at her home in The Hague and gave her an envelope with $500 inside, saying it was from someone she had helped. She reported the incident to the ICC and the Dutch authorities.

“The assessment that was made was that it was to show me that they know where I live, that was the purpose,” Bensouda told Al Jazeera. She said the police concluded that the car the men were using had been rented from the airport earlier in the day and that their telephone numbers were Israeli. “I do not think the Dutch authorities did more.”

She said the incident left her feeling not intimidated, but definitely insecure. “I, of course, expected more support,” Bensouda said. “When it came to support from the Dutch government, I’m not aware of anything extra that was done to support me at the time.”

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[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The asshole who headed the Dutch government then and most of the time since is the one currently busy licking Trump's ass in his position as head of NATO.

He made sure the interests of America and its one real ally - Israel - were taken care of and later got that cosy NATO sinecure.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 13 hours ago

Israel is absolutely NOT an ally of the US. They might be an ally of Trump but there is no fucking way that if the US were attacked, Israel would fuck all to help us.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The US is their dog.

[-] Babalugats@feddit.uk 5 points 12 hours ago

Israel are the most likely to attack the US. But not using bombs and visible means. They have probably attacked them hundreds of times already, in terms of their political infrastructure. It would be interesting to see how many (apart from the Trump administration) are under threat from Israel to do what they want.

[-] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago

The US is the military branch of Israel, of course they'd be upset if the US were ever really threatened, as Israel cannot exist in any way without US backing.

If the US collapsed tomorrow, "Israelis" would be on planes back to their homeland in literally minutes and Israel itself would be eliminated within a week.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Well, the other alternative explanation for just how deeply US Politics cares for and serves the interests of Israel is that the US is a vassal state of Israel.

That would indeed not be an alliance and be consistent with the point you're making.

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