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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 Apr 15, 2026 +285
How do they file a case for an organization they don't acknowledge?
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Mission_Scale_860 Apr 15, 2026 +89
Israel might not but the advocacy group might
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greenskinmarch Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 17, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +3
> Israeli advocacy files ICC case against Listnook user u/Surfer_Rick
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Surfer_Rick Apr 16, 2026
Amazing, I call Netanyahu as my first witness. 
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HuChemistry Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +23
The ICC should say "I have 2 Microsoft Outlooks and none of them works"
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AK_Panda Apr 15, 2026 -18
Did they actually? That'd be nuts lol
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untamedlazyeye Apr 15, 2026 +20
Its true https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/18/international-criminal-court-icc-judges-trump-sanctions
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AK_Panda Apr 15, 2026 +5
JFC. It'd be funny if it wasn't also a hegemonic power.
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randomacceptablename Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +308
This has to be the mother of all ironies… 
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virtual_adam Apr 15, 2026 -234
Because…If one side targets civilians then the other can as well?
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FabulousHoney9379 Apr 15, 2026 +158
Israel doesn’t acknowledge the ICC, cope
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stayfrosty Apr 15, 2026 -66
Israel didn't file it. Dope.
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virtual_adam Apr 15, 2026 -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 Apr 15, 2026 +47
Israel has ICC warrants for its prime minister and other leaders 
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virtual_adam Apr 15, 2026 -56
Israel participated in the court proceedings. One doesn’t cancel out the others
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hisgoldfish Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +21
Israel does not recognize the court which is proceeding 
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hisgoldfish Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +40
Abetting? Jesus, soon just criticizing the US will be seen as treason by you Idiots
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noodlekhan Apr 15, 2026 +2
That's their goal! Those free speech advocates really hate free speech.
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cobrachicken26 Apr 15, 2026 +116
Yes! in fact, Netanyahu should personally submit the case at the ICC headquarters!
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jeffoh Apr 16, 2026 +10
I call Vladimir Putin as a witness!
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GayGeekInLeather Apr 15, 2026 +120
Kind of hilarious given the arrest warrants for both Netanyahu and Gallant from the ICC
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ProtestTheHero Apr 15, 2026 -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 Apr 15, 2026 +38
I read the article. It’s still f****** funny.
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nbarry51278 Apr 15, 2026 +28
Has this NGO also filed complaints against Netanyahu?
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ProtestTheHero Apr 15, 2026 -2
Probably not, he already has an ongoing case against him.
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Irr3l3ph4nt Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 16, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +17
Doesn't the ICC have an arrest warrant already printed and waiting to be served for Bibi?
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AZBaldy Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 -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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 -2
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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cheemcream Apr 15, 2026 +5
IDF commits war crimes almost daily.
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Irr3l3ph4nt Apr 15, 2026 +3
Ok that's actually so ironic it's funny.
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bastardnutter Apr 15, 2026 +4
Comedy is dead.
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The_Stockholm_Rhino Apr 15, 2026 +4
They should look into Bibi instead.
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IndividualNo69420 Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +1
I mean ideally we wouldn't be trading with Iran or Israel.
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FedBySheep Apr 15, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026
They get to do all the war crimes *and* define "war crimes."
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L444ki Apr 17, 2026 +1
I wonder of this advocacy group is also advocating for the arrest of Netayaho and Gallant
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Ultra_Metal Apr 17, 2026 +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 Apr 15, 2026 +1
The amount of bait this post generated is generational
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Mission_Scale_860 Apr 15, 2026 -8
Good. Nobody should be trading with the Islamic republic. We should also file a case for Xi.
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BigFuckHead_ Apr 15, 2026 -5
bro
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AVeryBadMon Apr 15, 2026 -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 Apr 16, 2026 +1
Very good, but, unfortunately, nothing will be done about it.
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Reasonable_Skill580 Apr 15, 2026 -15
Watch somehow Spain will be punished but not this foreign country
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maxofJupiter1 Apr 15, 2026 +14
Is Spain not a foriegn country? What
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mohjack Apr 15, 2026 +5
Not if you're Spanish.
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greenskinmarch Apr 16, 2026 +1
But I'm not Spanish.
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apathetic_revolution Apr 15, 2026 -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 Apr 15, 2026 -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 Apr 15, 2026 -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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