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News & Current Events Apr 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM

Israeli legal advocacy group files ICC case against Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez for “aiding war crimes” through exports to Iran.

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Israeli legal advocacy group files ICC case against Spanish PM over exports to Iran
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Israeli legal advocacy group files ICC case against Spanish PM over exports to Iran
Shurat HaDin accuses Pedro Sanchez's government of providing 'components required by the regime in Tehran and its proxies for military purposes'
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Surfer_Rick 3 days ago +285
How do they file a case for an organization they don't acknowledge?
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Mission_Scale_860 3 days ago +89
Israel might not but the advocacy group might
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greenskinmarch 3 days ago +14
And if the ICC wants to be impartial (which is very important for a court to be legitimate) it has to consider all cases of warcrimes, not just the cases you or I want it to hear.
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DeliciousSector8898 2 days ago +1
The ICC doesn’t hear all cases of the 4 core crimes under its jurisdiction. There are jurisdictional and gravity restrictions as well as the fact that it’s a court of last resort
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MMSG 3 days ago +14
It's not about not acknowledging it's about being a signatory. Spain volunteers to give jurisdiction to the ICC therefore they can be held responsible by the court if the court hears the case and agrees that they are violating the law. Israel however is not a signatory onto the ICC they did not volunteer to be subjected to it. Additionally, only states can be a signatory and give the court jurisdiction. Palestine is not a state in most criteria. (Territory. Government. Permanent population. International relations.) Israel argued that they can't be forced into the ICC's jurisdiction by a non-state that cannot be a signatory. Gaza being ruled by Hamas is even more problematic since the PA is claiming jurisdiction over territory they don't control to refer the court to a country that hasn't signed on to the court. Lastly, Israel has repeatedly brought up the prosecutor's conduct as ranging from against protocol to entirely biased.
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redditismylawyer 3 days ago +3
> Israeli advocacy files ICC case against Listnook user u/Surfer_Rick
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Surfer_Rick 3 days ago
Amazing, I call Netanyahu as my first witness. 
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HuChemistry 3 days ago +59
An Israeli advocacy group said Tuesday that it had asked the International Criminal Court to consider legal action against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for allegedly “aiding war crimes” through exports to Iran. The complaint comes in the midst of an escalating diplomatic spat between the two nations, which began with the start of the Gaza war in October 2023 and worsened after Madrid recognized a Palestinian state a year later. Filed by the Shurat HaDin NGO, which has taken legal action worldwide against what it calls “Israel’s enemies,” the lawsuit accuses Spain of providing “components required by the regime in Tehran and its proxies for military purposes.” In a filing submitted under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, it alleges that Spain approved the export of about 1.3 million euros’ worth of so-called dual-use products that could be used in detonators and other explosive-related applications. “These materials are not innocent industrial products, but critical components that enable explosive devices to function, and they were transferred in circumstances where their use for attacks against civilians was foreseeable and reasonable,”
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grumpy_autist 3 days ago +62
US + Israel cut ICC judge from all google/apple accounts, visa card, etc. I'm sure he will read their email soon
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jakreth 3 days ago +23
The ICC should say "I have 2 Microsoft Outlooks and none of them works"
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AK_Panda 3 days ago -18
Did they actually? That'd be nuts lol
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untamedlazyeye 3 days ago +20
Its true https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/18/international-criminal-court-icc-judges-trump-sanctions
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AK_Panda 3 days ago +5
JFC. It'd be funny if it wasn't also a hegemonic power.
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randomacceptablename 3 days ago +13
I do not follow. These are not crimes under the ICC's jurisdiction as far as I can tell. Either I misunderatand the statue or this is a bad stunt.
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MaleCowShitDetector 3 days ago +6
You're forgetting the IRGC is considered a terrorist organization. Now that you know this, go back and re-read the article.
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RedditReader4031 3 days ago +14
And the request is coming from an organization based in, and advocating for, a nation that not only refuses to recognize the ICC, but which also is led by someone for whom the ICC has issued an arrest warrant. You CANNOT make this stuff up.
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greenskinmarch 3 days ago +7
If the ICC wants to be impartial, which is very important for a court to be legitimate, it has to hear all cases of warcrimes, not just the ones you like.
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RedditReader4031 3 days ago +1
I’m not suggesting that liking it has anything to do with it. But a complaint from within a country that refuses to acknowledge its legitimacy AND refuses to comply with its warrants should not have standing.
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greenskinmarch 3 days ago +3
The complaint is from a non-government group and it has standing because Spain willingly joined ICC jurisdiction.
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Soft-Ingenuity2262 3 days ago +308
This has to be the mother of all ironies… 
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virtual_adam 3 days ago -234
Because…If one side targets civilians then the other can as well?
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FabulousHoney9379 3 days ago +158
Israel doesn’t acknowledge the ICC, cope
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stayfrosty 3 days ago -66
Israel didn't file it. Dope.
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virtual_adam 3 days ago -82
Israel had a judge sit on the ICC panel, and sent lawyers to argue for them. Upvotes don’t make you right
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Surfer_Rick 3 days ago +47
Israel has ICC warrants for its prime minister and other leaders 
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virtual_adam 3 days ago -56
Israel participated in the court proceedings. One doesn’t cancel out the others
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hisgoldfish 3 days ago +38
This is an idiotic stance because it does, they don't accept the spirit of the court or its rulings. Stop supporting hypocrisy. Your post history is full of fun things, like you making fun of starving children in Gaza, you must be lovely...
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Surfer_Rick 3 days ago +21
Israel does not recognize the court which is proceeding 
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hisgoldfish 3 days ago +14
Actually they do, they don't recognize ICC rulings, going and interacting with said org is the height of hypocrisy which is par for the course in Israel.
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Soft-Ingenuity2262 3 days ago +82
Oh no. What’s wrong is wrong, and the law is thelaw, and who goes against it should be punished (even though that’s not the world we seem to be living in). The irony is Israel, after all the many atrocities they’ve done, accusing another country of crimes of war. 
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OnlyZac 3 days ago +25
The head of the human rights council rotates authority all the time. Saudi Arabia was also leader of the HRC despite their horrible rights record. This doesn’t make your argument.
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ProfessorZhu 3 days ago +40
Abetting? Jesus, soon just criticizing the US will be seen as treason by you Idiots
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noodlekhan 3 days ago +2
That's their goal! Those free speech advocates really hate free speech.
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cobrachicken26 3 days ago +116
Yes! in fact, Netanyahu should personally submit the case at the ICC headquarters!
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jeffoh 3 days ago +10
I call Vladimir Putin as a witness!
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GayGeekInLeather 3 days ago +120
Kind of hilarious given the arrest warrants for both Netanyahu and Gallant from the ICC
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ProtestTheHero 3 days ago -53
If you read the article you'd have seen that the group filing the complaint is an NGO, as in non-governmental, as in they have nothing to do with Netanyahu or Gallant. Multiple people can have committed multiple war crimes independently and simultaneously.
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GayGeekInLeather 3 days ago +38
I read the article. It’s still f****** funny.
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nbarry51278 3 days ago +28
Has this NGO also filed complaints against Netanyahu?
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ProtestTheHero 3 days ago -2
Probably not, he already has an ongoing case against him.
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Irr3l3ph4nt 3 days ago +20
One would think a NGO that's working against war crimes would be public critics of the current Israeli administration. Are they? E: No, they're not, because they litterally describe what they do as 'Lawfare'
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noodlekhan 3 days ago +15
No war crimes for thee, only for me! That's the Israeli motto as far as I can tell.
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Broken_Reality 3 days ago +38
So can we file ICC cases for every country and leader that sells arms to Israel and supports them considering the number of war crimes and atrocities Israel commits daily?
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EditingAllowed 2 days ago +2
No you cannot. The US is made up of 'civilised' people that go to parliament and classify the money and bombs as foreign aid. 👀 /s
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GlassBit7081 3 days ago +2
Thus international law dies as non-democracies weaponize it, the political nature of the law gets exposed losing its legitimacy. If South Africa returned the money it got from Iran I'd be prepared to consider their case in a different light.
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predatorybeing 3 days ago +17
Doesn't the ICC have an arrest warrant already printed and waiting to be served for Bibi?
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AZBaldy 3 days ago +53
Wow, the people killing innocent women and children on a daily basis are accusing others of war crimes. How truly sad and pathetic.
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Moist_Emu_6951 3 days ago -1
They have the US in their pocket, so it's a carte blanche to do whatever the F they want with almost zero repercussions.
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Moist_Emu_6951 3 days ago +23
Lmao they must be running low on their anti-semitism deflective shields to do something as nonsensical as that In response, Spain should simply declare, and attempt to encourage the EU to declare, the IDF as a terrorist organization akin to the IRGC and file a complaint against all members of the IDF before the ICC. Since most Israeli adults (including the members of this Israeli "advocacy" group) have served or are still serving in the IDF, it would be nice to put most of the Israeli population on trial for all the war crimes they committed and are committing 👌
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RaymondBeaumont 3 days ago +11
Do they know that Israel views ICC as an enemy organisation since it is against the crimes Israel commits?
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HuChemistry 3 days ago -2
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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cheemcream 3 days ago +5
IDF commits war crimes almost daily.
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Irr3l3ph4nt 3 days ago +3
Ok that's actually so ironic it's funny.
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bastardnutter 3 days ago +4
Comedy is dead.
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The_Stockholm_Rhino 3 days ago +4
They should look into Bibi instead.
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IndividualNo69420 3 days ago +2
Yeah, what about we send both leaders to the Hague? I'm pretty sure Pedro has a clean mind and wouldn't mind a fair judge applying the law, as of the other...
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Goosepond01 3 days ago +1
I mean ideally we wouldn't be trading with Iran or Israel.
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FedBySheep 3 days ago +2
The reading comprehension of listnookors is quite amusing. Even when something is in the headline, it's like people are unable to absorb all of the words.
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zumera 3 days ago
They get to do all the war crimes *and* define "war crimes."
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L444ki 2 days ago +1
I wonder of this advocacy group is also advocating for the arrest of Netayaho and Gallant
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Ultra_Metal 2 days ago +1
Spain has become a state sponsor of terrorism just like Russia. Sanchez is a criminal who should be in prison for sponsoring terrorism. His wife should be in prison for corruption.
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barak8006 3 days ago +1
The amount of bait this post generated is generational
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Mission_Scale_860 3 days ago -8
Good. Nobody should be trading with the Islamic republic. We should also file a case for Xi.
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BigFuckHead_ 3 days ago -5
bro
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AVeryBadMon 3 days ago -15
Israel is obviously only doing this to expose how much of an hypocritical idiot Sanchez is, and I'm honestly for it
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AlisaofallTimes 3 days ago +1
Very good, but, unfortunately, nothing will be done about it.
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Reasonable_Skill580 3 days ago -15
Watch somehow Spain will be punished but not this foreign country
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maxofJupiter1 3 days ago +14
Is Spain not a foriegn country? What
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mohjack 3 days ago +5
Not if you're Spanish.
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greenskinmarch 3 days ago +1
But I'm not Spanish.
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apathetic_revolution 3 days ago -18
The complaint appears to be frivolous grandstanding, but I have a comically exaggerated hatred of Spain so I support it.
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Immediate-Yam-8828 3 days ago -7
You're right, it could be frivolous. But there's also a possibility their Iranian spy network shared information on dual use goods purchased from Spain.
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apathetic_revolution 3 days ago -2
How strong do you think that evidence would need to be for it to be an ICC issue? We know who's been directly selling the weapons that are being used in Sudan, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Myanmar, etc.. No one's getting prosecuted. Those aren't even dual use. The ICC never weighs in on the legality of arms dealing.
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