@@mixenne I almost think that they do it on purpose so you have to like keep scrolling and I think that kind of like increases watch time not being able to jump to an exact point
Simon, your channel has now reached a status of actual real News Broadcasting, in an accurate unbiased way that seems to elude the current mainstream media. Thank you for keeping us updated with what we need to know versus what you think is good for us 👌🙌
A rules based international order would be a great thing to strive for - if only its advocates wouldn't adhere to the dogma of "Rules for thee, but not for me".
ICC would Require the US and China + the EU possibly to sign a firm agreement to specific terms internationally then officially backing the ICC to make it a true court
@@Happyman28778 Many European countries signed the statues of Rome, meaning they are bound by the ICC verdict to extradite anyone setting foot on their soil to the ICC.
stuff like that has always been in these videos. it's a content farm that churns out videos at a break neck speed so stuff like that happens all the time
who ever edits the music on this channel has a serious problem with the tone of the show, makes it feel like im watching rasputin fighting in kingsmen rather than trying to get real info
I just recently started watching this channel (after having watched a lot of the other parts of the Whistlerverse) and I am pleasantly surprised by the thorough and fascinating information I'm getting about global situations. I really appreciate the hard work that must go into these videos!
32.54 is very shameful to insert a photo/video of the president of a different country (Kenya) while naming the speaker of the Republic of the Congo. The whole team couldn't have missed such an important detail.
Why do I detect a hint of Glee within all these comments about how pointless the ICC is? Would you have the same words about the Nuremberg tribunals? Instead of joking about how pointless these institutions are shouldn't we be doing what we need to to ensure that they work?
Nooo we're about to see how useless and hypocritical the west governments are.ICC just issue the warrant it's the job of the other nations to arrest them when they set foot on their land.
im also only now noticing the AI thumbnail with nonsense text on the handcuffs, sure its all fluff surrounding the video but its just kinda disappointing knowing how successful and quality these videos are that there isnt a human being at least picking out a stock image also created by a human being for these. sure its small and everyones doing it, just kinda sad to see it so commonplace
Damn the New Caledonia issue is so interesting. Empathetic sentiment aside, It really shows how things are interconnected. i was barely aware of its existence (as I bet most of the people on the other side of the world) and the revelation of its geopolitical importance was crazy, how all the pieces fit together. It reminded me of Ivory Coast and cocoa, which is also affected by huge social and economic issues and extreme poverty, despite their geopolitcal potential. I wonder how many of these cases are out there.
What you left out about the ICC warrants was one of the key reasons WHY many countries outright reject the warrants for Israel: Mr. Khan and his staff had coordinated with the Israeli Government to discuss the warrants and Israel's ongoing investigations, something Israel, a non-signatory to the Rome Statute (as Simon pointed out) was prepared to cooperate with. The day they were going to meet was May 20th. Instead, no one from the ICC showed up and Khan announced the desire to pursue the warrants. Say what you will about what is happening and who is to blame, but saying you will meet to discuss what you want to do only go back on your word is a dangerous precedent for the ICC. (For anybody wondering, this information comes from the US State Department)
The odds for that being false information is nearly 100% given the State Departments track record of lies regarding a certain settler colonial state, not to mention every single lie told since 2001 by the State Department. . .
I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned the fact that Netanyahu doesn't actually have the power of prime minister right now. Israel is currently being ruled by a war cabinet that includes the opposition parties.
That's why it was so f****** stupid that f****** Schumer kept saying that they should get netanyahu out of power and put in a leader of the opposition government when it's the leaders of the opposition government that is giving netanyahu the okay to do this because Israel is f****** solidified and its beliefs towards Hamas and Palestine as a whole. Israel deserves to get rid of any bad actors, now just imagine if the drug cartels started launching hundreds of rockets over the Rio grande an attack American cities. America would be in Mexico City within 24 hours, Mexico would be then red divided into 22 new States. You can't blame Israel for defending its own and doing what is necessary to protect its people. I pray and as fast as humanly possible and for no more lives to be taken but at this point we must know that Hamas is a great evil. The Palestinians allow this great evil to nest amongst them. It must be rooted out, the people brought into the fold. I love how all the Arabs that live inside the state of Israel love Israel. It's crazy that the ones that don't live in Israel hate it.
@@fantasypvp ask em the most basic of basic questions like 'what river and what sea' and 'what does Zionism mean' or 'where is Israel on a map' and watch them completely break down.
Man the bit about Nickel puts the Fallout settings' "Resource Wars" in my mind Failure to get into space mining will have us killing eachother in ever larger numbers for the scattered minerals on Earth
"It is rather astonishing that the United States does not play ball with the ICC, considering our country was the beacon of the idea of an international criminal court." -- George Clooney
They won’t ever be able to scare or face Russia/ China in a fair fight if they do. It’s like fighting with one arm on your back, while your opponent uses 2
Please get your editor not to: 1. Have dumb background sounds and music 2. Repeat parts during the video. Both of these have recurred over the last few videos and is incredibly annoying. You are an amazing channel and we don’t want an irritating editor to kill your channel.
So is the answer to just have no international law at all and just let international leaders commit whatever genocides and crimes they want because they can just get away with it?
@@chickensalad3535Do you think this is funny? Do you think every country in the world except Israel, the U.S., the U.K, and Germany (what an interesting group) recognizing this for what it is is just happening for no reason? ICC warrants, multiple ICJ hearings, years of UN resolutions and condemnations from every single human rights group on the face of the earth: And you sit here in your filth pretending not to know what is happening? I hope there's no forgiveness for you people in the future.
Actually Hamas has repeatedly said they would completely be willing to submit to any international body or jurisdiction if Israel was willing to do the same. Israel in contrast refuses to comply with any notion of international law or standards and refuses any external investigation or scrutiny whatsoever. At some point people need to stop pretending that there is an equivalence between Hamas and Israel. it's pretty clear that Israel is the far more dangerous, belligerent, and hostile actor.
Just your reminder that even if I find Warographics to be one of the better sources, no news will ever be unbias and you should search out more news to understand fully the very complex conflicts discussed here
@@tomlawrence1335Simon, or the writers, tend to take what the IDF and Israel government says at face value. The IDF/Israel government have been caught straight up lying about many things like beheaded babies, burned babies, systemic rape, etc. My guesses are that they're trying not to piss off the Zionists or they're biased.
@tomlawrence1335 I am not the right person to explain them. You should search out more informed and qualitative information from different outlets to get a well rounded picture of the happenings :-)
with 40 mins, I sometimes wonder "are we still in the topic X?" because I get distracted and come back, it would be nice to have a lower third or something like that to visually confirm. Great work on these reports, they are bringing to my attention things that I normally don't get from other media.
Less about recognizing the court and more just sharing an enemy. Even the mighty USA has limited means to deal with foreign governments they don’t like, so international agencies are a useful tool in those cases. But Washington would never give up any real power to them.
Point of correction. The image shown of Vital Kamerhe at 32:52 is misguiding. The image depicted is instead that of the President of the Republic of Kenya.
Can you fix the mixing on the audio? Simons S’s sounds like a snare drums. I love the content but I can’t fall asleep to it because when I go into the twilight zone all that come into my consciousness is a snake going “sss sss sss sss”
The level of violence was uncomparable, but don't belive for one second that nobody got hurt in the Catalonia riots. It's just that Spain did a very good job of blocking media coverage.
One thing people seem to be overlooking is that what the ICC said was they wouod give arrest warrants IF they believe israel will act BEYOND reasonable warfare in rafah, meaning they do actually endorse a limited invasion. 5 of the 6 judges supported this with one even stating that the way the announcement was worded could be easily misconstrued.
They always call it "anti-colonialism".. after democratic choice to remain part of France. Self-determination but only if you choose what they want. They chose to remain part of France so its part of France.
I love how for multiple millenniums have we been starving eachother in sieges until the other side gives up. But now it's a war crime Before anyone comments, I can understand why. I am not saying it should be changed, just pointing it out
War crimes were all very common until we went "yeah maybe not" it's the same with the ban on personnel mines, they were used by everyone basically up until I believe the Yugoslav wars where for a long time going for a walk in a random forest might have you lose your life and limbs from hidden mine fields. The true irony is that while we have limited many egregious weapons (minefields, biological weapons, chemical weapons, cluster bombs, white phosphorous etc.) It's not like what's allowed doesn't wreak havoc, however usually things get banned because of the potential civilian death toll, and strangely specifically weapons created to maim like chemical weapons - which isn't so strange when you consider the insane strain on a society as after WW1 the amount of returning soldiers who had lost limbs, lost their sight, needed 24 hour care etc. The strange thing being, what's allowed are weapons designed to kill. They used to catapult corpses into besieged cities, to spread disease. Imagine going by your business and suddenly it starts raining dead people. Warfare has always been fucking wild man.
ICC: we must arrest all ex-yugoslav war crimimnals! USA: You go girl! Arrest them all! ICC: we must arrest Netanyahu! USA: How dare you?! Lets send them a threatening, mafia-style letter!
Great video as always, must say that constant recurring noise makes it difficult to pay attention and is very annoying, sounds like the duolingo correct sound playing every 3-4 seconds, we dont need that simon is enough 😭
Khan made an absolute fool out of himself. A barrister should know better, this will never go through court and Khan just killed the whole ICC with that “pro gamer” move.
Sadly I don't think Germany would detain that lunatic visiting a Holocaustmemorial and I think, that in and of itself is telling a bitter story: As long, as you pay a token tribute to the uncountet victims of one of the darkest chapters of history, no one gives a flying fuck about the victims you create for another memorial. I hold a mad respect for Karim Ahmad Khan for even trying. For showing, that even "good intentions" towards your own people don't justify genocide. And he showed, that it is possible, to demand justice for civilians in Gaza, even from Israel, without denying the necessity of Israel as a state.
It's such an unfortunate tendency for many people in the US to wiggle themselves out of agreements and treaties etc. When it doesn't exactly feel nice to honor it. We send people to die in a desert for their country, and they cry about money. It's honestly just kind of pathetic at this point, "we stand for this and that" you don't stand for shit unless it directly benefits you. This isn't only the time where we see whether the ICC can be effective, but also the worth of the US as the world's sole superpower.
Eh, I'm no fan of it either. But that defines nearly every other country that exists or has ever existed. Any treaty is only ever as good as the intent behind it and only for as long as all parties find it convenient.
A man can't clear his porn history without being accused of being part of an online terrorist organisation? Seems like that whole country is steering towards autocracy
It is. Now even 1 brave TV reporter accused the new owner of censoring everything critical about the current government. We all know they seized control of state-owned TV, but it is quite shocking they control private media too now.
it likely is. but then again Fico is someone who is turning slovakia into a totalitarian regime. lets not forget he allegedly ordered the murder of a jurnalist when he ruled the first time. then look what he's doing to press and national tv/radio. its a sad world where people chose someone they knew would destroy democracy just because they believed propaganda
Man, what are they going to make of my site and video collection of explosives making, rocket building, garrote fabricating, mine emplacement, and assasination videos?
I think that this announcement is key for people to start holding Isreal responsible, they have played "we suffered a lot and went through the holocaust" one time too many...
The ICC warrant is exactly what the world needs. Independent and justice-focused. The US is outraged because they consider israel an ally and have provided direct military aid to the nation. But the reality is you can't go around trying to argue for justice against the hamas leaders, and ignoring the actions of the Israeli government either. Alliances should be irrelevant to international justice. Hamas has committed acts of terrorism, But Israel has committed acts of genocide including the bombing of aid trucks to prevent aid reaching civilians. Both need to be prosecuted equally. You cannot have a functional international court if its going to favour one side or the other. for political reasons, that would completely undermine the institution and its purpose.
While a nice ideal, it's not very pragmatic at this point unless the ICC and other organizations like the UN are given power over nations. All their words are just hot air.
If you think that there could ever be an ubiased or unagenda'd body invested with that level of power for long you're preciously naïve. The very *moment* such a body was given that level of absolute authority would be the same moment every international player would be making moves to own it for themselves.
I know the French really hate it when people point this out, but France never ended its colonial ambitions after WW2. New Caledonia should be a free country. Especially after the blatant motion of the French government to ignore the peoples will.
The only way that will happen is if the Kanak are able to force them like they did in Niger. New Caledonia has a large percentage of the world's known nickel reserves as well as a sizable amount of other very valuable minerals like cobalt. There's way too much money to be made for France to willingly give the Kanak their independence.
@@ayantuinthenowThey're in a tough spot no matter what. I know the video sort of alluded to it, but even if they were to have all of their wishes come true for independence, a different and likely more powerful country will come along and will want to make a deal that New Caledonia won't be able to refuse even if they wanted to. Hawaii is in a similar position, not because of minerals, but mainly due to its strategic positioning. The US will never let go of Hawaii for that reason.
As Fico being pro-russian, he literally said that instead of sending money to Ukraine, we should send ammo and weapons. Also, Slovakia already repairing a lot of machinery, tanks, vehicles and aircrafts right next to the borders. So him being pro-russian is quite a stretch by people who don't know how politics or logistics work.
I've said this time & time again: Why cannot everybody on the planet get along? Different ideals & a load of BullS**t? Why do I feel as though a war is coming forth? Oh yeah, all those minor elements culminating into a massive full-blown cascade of terrible. I really hope that made sense.
ive come up with a theory recently. It is that our thoughts right now has been plagued with that of genocide. Wherever you see today in political groups, whether its an incel or a feminist, a right winger, or a left winger, pro russia, pro ukraine, they all demonstrate logic that is what causes genocide. Sure, for 99% of these scenarios, all it is problematic thinking that wont actually cause a genocide, but due to the prevalence of this violent thinking, when truly bad people wanna start a war or genocide, they can leverage our plagued and wrong thinking in politics to start a genocide or war. Thats how i think we can sum up all recent wars and genocides
@@nabilshah9184 I understand your thinking. I'm just massively disliking the fact that wars need to a waged as a fact of getting back to a "Cold War" stand point again. I do agree: whether you're left, right or whatever, it still deserves the saying "Why can't people be nice?". In a fantastic world, such a phrase wouldn't be common. But, unfortunately, to hope such a phrase does not exist. I just have to shout "Slava Ukraini" from the rooftops for it to actually... Do anything? Which it really doesn't. Due to the lack of support that was held up in congress & the myriad of other problems that have stopped Ukraine from actually gaining back the land they once had. Hey - I'm naivé. But I'd love to hope for a better tomorrow despite the idiocy that continues to accumulate. Peace bruv!
“As long as there are two individuals on Earth, they will find something to disagree about, however minor.” I can’t remember where I heard that, but it rings true There’s also been increased radicalization, especially among the younger masses, and the encouragement of choosing an established “side” that’s better than the other supposedly.
Islamists will fight with literally anyone, even themselves (Sunni-Shia wars, anyone?) If you think this is just a Middle East issue or just a Jewish-Muslim issue, you can look at countries like India and Pakistan where the Muslim political extremists have started and lost four wars with India.
The US is far too arrogant when it comes to international law. This conflict in Israel and Gaza is a good example. As a US citizen, if I have empathy for the people in Gaza and fault Israel for their actions, I'm called antisemitic. I am not. I just believe humans have the right to exist. I'm glad the ICC has at least made a stand.
The background music is always the worst on his shows compared to any other YTer. Way too loud and annoying. But i highly doubt they will ever change it.. There are a few episodes I’ll just stop like 3 mins into it cuz of the annoying background.
Would be cool if you could assign sound to separate "channels" and "mix" them on the client side. Oh wait, thatd be too complicated and apps are supposed to be "simple". Software has gone into a complete downhill slide since the app "revolution"
Diversity was always a weakness if not limited by a shared vision of a single people. It is the crucial difference between disagreeing on how to get to your shared destination the best and fighting over what that destination is in the first place. The 21st century will be going down in history as the time some people woke up from their naive dreams and those who got crushed by reality.
I see no basis for controversy re the ICC except that war criminals don't like being prosecuted. And thus it is no surprise that their mobs don't approve of the laws. Call for a bounty hunter.
Kind of ironic- South Africa now (quite rightly) wants Israel held to account for it's war crimes, but was happy to let Omar al-Bashir skate for his. Kind of makes me miss the cold war- at least when that was on, The US and USSR kept the countries in their spheres of interest mostly under control (one big exception in Africa being the Angolan civil war).
The UN serves a purpose, however small. They’re at least serve as a ground for countries to have dialogues and openly discuss their concerns so we can see where they stand. The ICC is just a joke organization. They issued a warrant for Putin _last year._ Doubt anyone noticed or cared because no country is going to obey the order.
Man the audio on here had really got to get fixed. I don't mind background music but it needs to be just that, in the background. This is at least the third straight video with this issue.
This is absolute proof that no nation should ever submit itself to any form of international governance. We are nations, not one creed, and I owe no level of comfort, aid, or civility to nations that do not align with my country's vision for the globe. War is as human as love; and it will never be eliminated.
Regardless of whether or not Netanyahu is brought to justice, forever his name will be written down in history books as a War Criminal and the actions taken under his leadership were unjust, cruel and inhumane.
The British and Germans position in this case is utterly disgusting. At least the rest of the EU seem to be slowly siding on the right side of international law.
0:00 - Chapter 1 - ICC arrest warrants
11:50 - Chapter 2 - Suspected plot behind Fico attack
19:10 - Chapter 3 - Violence in new caledonia
32:00 - Chapter 4 - Coup attempt in the DRC
Thank you. I really wish they would spend 2 more minutes and add chapters, but this is just as good.
Thanks 🙏
@@mixenne I almost think that they do it on purpose so you have to like keep scrolling and I think that kind of like increases watch time not being able to jump to an exact point
Simon, your channel has now reached a status of actual real News Broadcasting, in an accurate unbiased way that seems to elude the current mainstream media. Thank you for keeping us updated with what we need to know versus what you think is good for us 👌🙌
Accurate and unbiased that's hilarious. Lots of inaccuracy and lots of western bias.
Simon and his writers are also very obviously liberal.
Nobody expected Azerbaijan's Inquisition!
Nobody expects the Iranian helicopter pilot.
It's true
I expected it. Checkmate!
🎼🎹👯"The inquisiiiiiition!" 👯🎵
@lady_draguliana784
“Let’s begin!”
For ICC to work, there needs to be a supranational law, which no country would accept in the name of self-determination.
The ICJ literally wants Israel to stop fighting a war against a group that publicly advocates gen0cide and who are still holding Israeli hostage.
Globalist cronies in various countries leadership roles have entered the chat.
A rules based international order would be a great thing to strive for - if only its advocates wouldn't adhere to the dogma of "Rules for thee, but not for me".
ICC would Require the US and China + the EU possibly to sign a firm agreement to specific terms internationally then officially backing the ICC to make it a true court
@@Happyman28778 Many European countries signed the statues of Rome, meaning they are bound by the ICC verdict to extradite anyone setting foot on their soil to the ICC.
Yo dude! You gotta get your editor in check. This is the fourth or fifth video I’ve seen lately that has repeated sections.
23:55
I've noticed this as well. Include the annoying repetitive background music creeping in every 2 seconds is very annoying
The editing on this channel is atrocious. Which I find so odd given that Simon's Brain Blaze channel has some of the best editing on YT
stuff like that has always been in these videos. it's a content farm that churns out videos at a break neck speed so stuff like that happens all the time
They’re hassling their editor likely to get the vids out faster.
ICC has less power than an HOA lol
ALOTTT less lol
Because HOA doesn’t care whether it breaks the law it’ll enter you home with or without your permission.
The ICC is an HOA 😂😭
I don't think you understand how brutal HOAs can be
You're _highly_ underestimating the dicks running HOA's
ICC arrest warrants are a great victory for those who want to look like they care but don't want to do anything material to change the situation.
Dumbest comment I’ve read so far. It just show that war criminals have too much power and influence over law and order
I wouldn't say that, to date the ICC has prosecuted half of the people it's lodged arrest warrants against, this is pretty serious
Like Europe!
And yet the US and UK are still fighting it.
Why would that be bad? It seems to me that people who did and do try to do anything (protest, donate) would also be happy to see these
ICC:
"You there!
STOP!
...
Or I'll say stop again..."
Background music can be a bit loud in places.
Happens often!
I've been complaining about it for years, they don't care.
I haven't noticed
who ever edits the music on this channel has a serious problem with the tone of the show, makes it feel like im watching rasputin fighting in kingsmen rather than trying to get real info
My hearing is so bad I didn't even know that they had background music playing. I guess in this case having bad hearing is a plus lol.
I just recently started watching this channel (after having watched a lot of the other parts of the Whistlerverse) and I am pleasantly surprised by the thorough and fascinating information I'm getting about global situations. I really appreciate the hard work that must go into these videos!
What's dat aboot eh?
32.54 is very shameful to insert a photo/video of the president of a different country (Kenya) while naming the speaker of the Republic of the Congo. The whole team couldn't have missed such an important detail.
I thought the editor was overworked but they might be using ai…
And the problem is? They look pretty similar
I'd love a video about The Hague and the International Court of Justice. Like with why it's in The Hague, significant cases etc.
We're about to find out just how pointless the ICC's existence is.
Hopefully they can stop ball tampering
They already made a joke of themselves
Leage of nations level of point of existing
Why do I detect a hint of Glee within all these comments about how pointless the ICC is? Would you have the same words about the Nuremberg tribunals? Instead of joking about how pointless these institutions are shouldn't we be doing what we need to to ensure that they work?
Nooo we're about to see how useless and hypocritical the west governments are.ICC just issue the warrant it's the job of the other nations to arrest them when they set foot on their land.
"INFO TEXT/AD PLUG" is a genious description
Great reporting, bad typos in the blackwater title photo, and now unfinished descriptions
@@swintintinyes two superficial errors are definitely enough to blanket the entire content of the channel bad. You think that makes sense? Lol
im also only now noticing the AI thumbnail with nonsense text on the handcuffs, sure its all fluff surrounding the video but its just kinda disappointing knowing how successful and quality these videos are that there isnt a human being at least picking out a stock image also created by a human being for these. sure its small and everyones doing it, just kinda sad to see it so commonplace
*"INTRO"
@@an0mndr stupid auto correct
Damn the New Caledonia issue is so interesting. Empathetic sentiment aside, It really shows how things are interconnected. i was barely aware of its existence (as I bet most of the people on the other side of the world) and the revelation of its geopolitical importance was crazy, how all the pieces fit together. It reminded me of Ivory Coast and cocoa, which is also affected by huge social and economic issues and extreme poverty, despite their geopolitcal potential. I wonder how many of these cases are out there.
I need to see a montage of the first second of all your videos. That might have been the weirdest sound yet
Peter Griffin was right. World War 5 is gonna be so big that it skips 3 & 4.😂
....shut up Meg.
Keep on the great reporting Simon, your work is always highly appreciated.
What you left out about the ICC warrants was one of the key reasons WHY many countries outright reject the warrants for Israel: Mr. Khan and his staff had coordinated with the Israeli Government to discuss the warrants and Israel's ongoing investigations, something Israel, a non-signatory to the Rome Statute (as Simon pointed out) was prepared to cooperate with. The day they were going to meet was May 20th. Instead, no one from the ICC showed up and Khan announced the desire to pursue the warrants. Say what you will about what is happening and who is to blame, but saying you will meet to discuss what you want to do only go back on your word is a dangerous precedent for the ICC. (For anybody wondering, this information comes from the US State Department)
The odds for that being false information is nearly 100% given the State Departments track record of lies regarding a certain settler colonial state, not to mention every single lie told since 2001 by the State Department. . .
I need a whole video about Christian Malanga! Thanks for informing me about events that would have gotten lost to my feed without this channel!
I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned the fact that Netanyahu doesn't actually have the power of prime minister right now. Israel is currently being ruled by a war cabinet that includes the opposition parties.
Oh yes, the whole war cabinet should have warrants
That's why it was so f****** stupid that f****** Schumer kept saying that they should get netanyahu out of power and put in a leader of the opposition government when it's the leaders of the opposition government that is giving netanyahu the okay to do this because Israel is f****** solidified and its beliefs towards Hamas and Palestine as a whole. Israel deserves to get rid of any bad actors, now just imagine if the drug cartels started launching hundreds of rockets over the Rio grande an attack American cities. America would be in Mexico City within 24 hours, Mexico would be then red divided into 22 new States.
You can't blame Israel for defending its own and doing what is necessary to protect its people. I pray and as fast as humanly possible and for no more lives to be taken but at this point we must know that Hamas is a great evil. The Palestinians allow this great evil to nest amongst them. It must be rooted out, the people brought into the fold. I love how all the Arabs that live inside the state of Israel love Israel. It's crazy that the ones that don't live in Israel hate it.
That would require the pro Hamas crowd to care about facts
@@Zenith118 lmao that's the hardest I've laughed all day 😂. A Palestine protestor knowing facts outside of what they learn on tiktok 😂
@@fantasypvp ask em the most basic of basic questions like 'what river and what sea' and 'what does Zionism mean' or 'where is Israel on a map' and watch them completely break down.
Man the bit about Nickel puts the Fallout settings' "Resource Wars" in my mind
Failure to get into space mining will have us killing eachother in ever larger numbers for the scattered minerals on Earth
"It is rather astonishing that the United States does not play ball with the ICC, considering our country was the beacon of the idea of an international criminal court."
-- George Clooney
Not really, when you consider the actual realpolitick of the international situation.
They won’t ever be able to scare or face Russia/ China in a fair fight if they do. It’s like fighting with one arm on your back, while your opponent uses 2
I always value the insights on current events from this channel
32:54 Umm, Whistler👋🏼...the man in that short video is the President of The Republic of Kenya, Dr. William Ruto.
And the problem is? They look pretty similar
@@gracequach6769 are you just going through the entire comment section and copy and pasting the exact same thing over and over again?
@@wingerding No, just the two times people whined about that
Please get your editor not to: 1. Have dumb background sounds and music 2. Repeat parts during the video. Both of these have recurred over the last few videos and is incredibly annoying. You are an amazing channel and we don’t want an irritating editor to kill your channel.
Trying to arrest leaders is like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. Your more likely to get hit than get them under control.
So is the answer to just have no international law at all and just let international leaders commit whatever genocides and crimes they want because they can just get away with it?
I come here for my news. Brilliant work as always, Simon.
you know he just reads a script right?
@@brendo7363 NoooOooOoOOoo, really?!
ICC: Kids stop fighting!
Kids: You're not our real dad!
It's a genocide could you please take this a bit more seriously
@@gray5817 genocide is when your population triples in 50 years
@@gray5817Genocide where?
@@chickensalad3535Do you think this is funny? Do you think every country in the world except Israel, the U.S., the U.K, and Germany (what an interesting group) recognizing this for what it is is just happening for no reason?
ICC warrants, multiple ICJ hearings, years of UN resolutions and condemnations from every single human rights group on the face of the earth:
And you sit here in your filth pretending not to know what is happening?
I hope there's no forgiveness for you people in the future.
@@gray5817 Genocide who? Palestinian is still an existing race and all example of genocide have been debunk
Always a great report of the curent situation! Just a suggestion, it would be nice to have all Situationroom videos in one playlist
Bout to go on a deep dive about New Caledonia…
I appricaite the proper and neat clothing. You had good parents it seems , also great video!
Really good content thank you. The team behind this channel are superb
Oh my god. Finally someone said Fico correctly. I top my hat to you, well done.
Zaire flag was a blast from the past! But who wants to be tied ,even loosely, to Mobuto?
No Caledonia really doing this so they can change their flag is insane
That is wild.
Now Bibi and Sinwar got one thing in common… they both don’t care what ICC says
And they're both absolutely right.
Actually Hamas has repeatedly said they would completely be willing to submit to any international body or jurisdiction if Israel was willing to do the same. Israel in contrast refuses to comply with any notion of international law or standards and refuses any external investigation or scrutiny whatsoever. At some point people need to stop pretending that there is an equivalence between Hamas and Israel. it's pretty clear that Israel is the far more dangerous, belligerent, and hostile actor.
Just your reminder that even if I find Warographics to be one of the better sources, no news will ever be unbias and you should search out more news to understand fully the very complex conflicts discussed here
How about you explain the differences instead of blabbering
@@tomlawrence1335Simon, or the writers, tend to take what the IDF and Israel government says at face value. The IDF/Israel government have been caught straight up lying about many things like beheaded babies, burned babies, systemic rape, etc. My guesses are that they're trying not to piss off the Zionists or they're biased.
@tomlawrence1335 I am not the right person to explain them. You should search out more informed and qualitative information from different outlets to get a well rounded picture of the happenings :-)
@zeecaptain42 I already do and you proved my point that you have no idea what you are talking about
@@tomlawrence1335 you had a point?
09:25 dude what are those beeps at the background? Cheers Simon thank you for everything, you're a legend.
I heard them too. Drove me mad even after I figured out where it was coming from.
Smoke alarm needs batteries? @@kiku-goldenflower7731
with 40 mins, I sometimes wonder "are we still in the topic X?" because I get distracted and come back, it would be nice to have a lower third or something like that to visually confirm. Great work on these reports, they are bringing to my attention things that I normally don't get from other media.
So let's getting straight
United States was Recognizing ICC for Yugoslavia BUT NOT for Israel?
Less about recognizing the court and more just sharing an enemy. Even the mighty USA has limited means to deal with foreign governments they don’t like, so international agencies are a useful tool in those cases. But Washington would never give up any real power to them.
Point of correction. The image shown of Vital Kamerhe at 32:52 is misguiding. The image depicted is instead that of the President of the Republic of Kenya.
If you trust anything the Slovakian interior minister says; I have a bridge you would love.
Karim Khan said “My office. NOW!” Lol
Can you fix the mixing on the audio? Simons S’s sounds like a snare drums. I love the content but I can’t fall asleep to it because when I go into the twilight zone all that come into my consciousness is a snake going “sss sss sss sss”
I am glad I am not the only one who noticed that. I have to turn it down because of this.
Could it maybe be due to the new TH-cam Feature, known as Stable Volume, it's under additional settings when you click the Cog ⚙️
Compressor + de esser
@man_named_AGGiE Turned it off. It's a night and day difference 👍
Don't fall asleep to a video, that's freaking weird
Fayulu's expression in the picture describes the situation pretty well.
Karim Khan taking Alexander the Great's idea of cutting the Gordian Knot.
24:30... Wow. They're smoking rubble? That's rough.
@23:52 really threw me off when it repeated like that lol
Yea i thought my phone was having a stroke hahah
first take was a mistake. i had to replay it lol
Happens a lot on this channel sadly
Of all the news I consume this is the most informative
Ironic that Spain support an independent Palestine state, yet went down hard on Catalonia For wanting independence.
Do as I say, not as I do..
Not comparable at all.
Those are completely different situations
The level of violence was uncomparable, but don't belive for one second that nobody got hurt in the Catalonia riots. It's just that Spain did a very good job of blocking media coverage.
You're right, arab muslims like those in gaza and the west bank have their own countries, the Catalan people don't.
@yeehawanarchist How is the Spain -Catalonia situation similar to the Israel Palestine conflict?
One thing people seem to be overlooking is that what the ICC said was they wouod give arrest warrants IF they believe israel will act BEYOND reasonable warfare in rafah, meaning they do actually endorse a limited invasion. 5 of the 6 judges supported this with one even stating that the way the announcement was worded could be easily misconstrued.
Perfectly timed with when I vacuum and clean as always
The beeping in the background of the first part made me think i was insane for a bit
They always call it "anti-colonialism".. after democratic choice to remain part of France. Self-determination but only if you choose what they want.
They chose to remain part of France so its part of France.
Good video as always, but the background music is really distracting
The US bipartisanship on this is so fucking telling
Israel may not control the world, but they definitely control the USA.
It's always a sign of great importance, just a matter of why.
BIpartisanship? Yes. It's touching how we all get along in the name of the country!
yes, they both get great campaign contributions.
National security should be bipartisan.
I love how for multiple millenniums have we been starving eachother in sieges until the other side gives up. But now it's a war crime
Before anyone comments, I can understand why. I am not saying it should be changed, just pointing it out
War crimes were all very common until we went "yeah maybe not" it's the same with the ban on personnel mines, they were used by everyone basically up until I believe the Yugoslav wars where for a long time going for a walk in a random forest might have you lose your life and limbs from hidden mine fields.
The true irony is that while we have limited many egregious weapons (minefields, biological weapons, chemical weapons, cluster bombs, white phosphorous etc.) It's not like what's allowed doesn't wreak havoc, however usually things get banned because of the potential civilian death toll, and strangely specifically weapons created to maim like chemical weapons - which isn't so strange when you consider the insane strain on a society as after WW1 the amount of returning soldiers who had lost limbs, lost their sight, needed 24 hour care etc. The strange thing being, what's allowed are weapons designed to kill.
They used to catapult corpses into besieged cities, to spread disease. Imagine going by your business and suddenly it starts raining dead people. Warfare has always been fucking wild man.
Wasn’t surprising at all that BiBi will have a arrest warrant
The world is obsessed with Israel.
because Israel believes they are Gods chosen above others and commit heinous crimes.
@@adamredwine774 The world is obsessed with what israel is doing "big difference "
@@gtrix3240 yeah while legitimate genocide is happening in africa but jobone cares about that
@@gtrix3240 Not actually though, no.
People forget that 139 nations recognize the state of Palestine.
ICC: we must arrest all ex-yugoslav war crimimnals!
USA: You go girl! Arrest them all!
ICC: we must arrest Netanyahu!
USA: How dare you?! Lets send them a threatening, mafia-style letter!
Great video as always, must say that constant recurring noise makes it difficult to pay attention and is very annoying, sounds like the duolingo correct sound playing every 3-4 seconds, we dont need that simon is enough 😭
Khan made an absolute fool out of himself. A barrister should know better, this will never go through court and Khan just killed the whole ICC with that “pro gamer” move.
How? For saying a Western power isn't above international norms and standards?
@@jl63023 don't bother half those moronic comments are from bots.
Sadly I don't think Germany would detain that lunatic visiting a Holocaustmemorial and I think, that in and of itself is telling a bitter story: As long, as you pay a token tribute to the uncountet victims of one of the darkest chapters of history, no one gives a flying fuck about the victims you create for another memorial.
I hold a mad respect for Karim Ahmad Khan for even trying. For showing, that even "good intentions" towards your own people don't justify genocide. And he showed, that it is possible, to demand justice for civilians in Gaza, even from Israel, without denying the necessity of Israel as a state.
As an African, Congo politics make me laugh and cry at the same time. It would have made a ridiculously funny fiction but it makes horrific reality.
Background audio on this was incredibly annoying
It's such an unfortunate tendency for many people in the US to wiggle themselves out of agreements and treaties etc. When it doesn't exactly feel nice to honor it.
We send people to die in a desert for their country, and they cry about money. It's honestly just kind of pathetic at this point, "we stand for this and that" you don't stand for shit unless it directly benefits you.
This isn't only the time where we see whether the ICC can be effective, but also the worth of the US as the world's sole superpower.
Eh, I'm no fan of it either. But that defines nearly every other country that exists or has ever existed. Any treaty is only ever as good as the intent behind it and only for as long as all parties find it convenient.
Putting 🇮🇱 in the same boat as HMS is a big mistake & absolutely ridiculous! 😡
That Gallant siege quote went hard. Could have come out of the 41st millenia.
Slovokian Poet Assassin? The pen might be mightier than the sword, but the GUN triumphs over all
I've never clicked on a video this fast!
Glazing
any hope for new videos for the election this year 🤠
Our lord and savior, Señor Taco! Can't wait for those debate and election streams!
You still exist?
It's 100% possible for EVERYONE involved in a conflict to be in the wrong. anyone who's had, or raised, siblings would know that...
A man can't clear his porn history without being accused of being part of an online terrorist organisation? Seems like that whole country is steering towards autocracy
Porn video title: Hamas gang rails defenceless Israeli soldier
It is. Now even 1 brave TV reporter accused the new owner of censoring everything critical about the current government. We all know they seized control of state-owned TV, but it is quite shocking they control private media too now.
it was cleared while he was in police custody, hence showing that he was not working alone
it likely is. but then again Fico is someone who is turning slovakia into a totalitarian regime. lets not forget he allegedly ordered the murder of a jurnalist when he ruled the first time. then look what he's doing to press and national tv/radio.
its a sad world where people chose someone they knew would destroy democracy just because they believed propaganda
Man, what are they going to make of my site and video collection of explosives making, rocket building, garrote fabricating, mine emplacement, and assasination videos?
I think that this announcement is key for people to start holding Isreal responsible, they have played "we suffered a lot and went through the holocaust" one time too many...
The ICC warrant is exactly what the world needs. Independent and justice-focused. The US is outraged because they consider israel an ally and have provided direct military aid to the nation. But the reality is you can't go around trying to argue for justice against the hamas leaders, and ignoring the actions of the Israeli government either.
Alliances should be irrelevant to international justice.
Hamas has committed acts of terrorism, But Israel has committed acts of genocide including the bombing of aid trucks to prevent aid reaching civilians.
Both need to be prosecuted equally.
You cannot have a functional international court if its going to favour one side or the other. for political reasons, that would completely undermine the institution and its purpose.
While a nice ideal, it's not very pragmatic at this point unless the ICC and other organizations like the UN are given power over nations. All their words are just hot air.
If you think that there could ever be an ubiased or unagenda'd body invested with that level of power for long you're preciously naïve. The very *moment* such a body was given that level of absolute authority would be the same moment every international player would be making moves to own it for themselves.
the DRC coup sounds like a prank youtuber planned it
I know the French really hate it when people point this out, but France never ended its colonial ambitions after WW2. New Caledonia should be a free country. Especially after the blatant motion of the French government to ignore the peoples will.
They had 3 referendums to decide that, all cane back with the same result. Remain French.
The only way that will happen is if the Kanak are able to force them like they did in Niger. New Caledonia has a large percentage of the world's known nickel reserves as well as a sizable amount of other very valuable minerals like cobalt. There's way too much money to be made for France to willingly give the Kanak their independence.
You people are delusional
@@ayantuinthenow Could be very dangerous, like what happened to the island of Nauru.
@@ayantuinthenowThey're in a tough spot no matter what. I know the video sort of alluded to it, but even if they were to have all of their wishes come true for independence, a different and likely more powerful country will come along and will want to make a deal that New Caledonia won't be able to refuse even if they wanted to. Hawaii is in a similar position, not because of minerals, but mainly due to its strategic positioning. The US will never let go of Hawaii for that reason.
As Fico being pro-russian, he literally said that instead of sending money to Ukraine, we should send ammo and weapons. Also, Slovakia already repairing a lot of machinery, tanks, vehicles and aircrafts right next to the borders. So him being pro-russian is quite a stretch by people who don't know how politics or logistics work.
Jaaaj a všetky tie reformy sú take pro demokratické a pro európske čo
So the icc tries to stand up to bullies and the world says your on you're own, im at the point where i cant be anymore disappointed in the human race
I've said this time & time again: Why cannot everybody on the planet get along? Different ideals & a load of BullS**t?
Why do I feel as though a war is coming forth? Oh yeah, all those minor elements culminating into a massive full-blown cascade of terrible. I really hope that made sense.
ive come up with a theory recently. It is that our thoughts right now has been plagued with that of genocide. Wherever you see today in political groups, whether its an incel or a feminist, a right winger, or a left winger, pro russia, pro ukraine, they all demonstrate logic that is what causes genocide. Sure, for 99% of these scenarios, all it is problematic thinking that wont actually cause a genocide, but due to the prevalence of this violent thinking, when truly bad people wanna start a war or genocide, they can leverage our plagued and wrong thinking in politics to start a genocide or war. Thats how i think we can sum up all recent wars and genocides
@@nabilshah9184 I understand your thinking. I'm just massively disliking the fact that wars need to a waged as a fact of getting back to a "Cold War" stand point again. I do agree: whether you're left, right or whatever, it still deserves the saying "Why can't people be nice?". In a fantastic world, such a phrase wouldn't be common. But, unfortunately, to hope such a phrase does not exist. I just have to shout "Slava Ukraini" from the rooftops for it to actually... Do anything? Which it really doesn't. Due to the lack of support that was held up in congress & the myriad of other problems that have stopped Ukraine from actually gaining back the land they once had. Hey - I'm naivé. But I'd love to hope for a better tomorrow despite the idiocy that continues to accumulate. Peace bruv!
“As long as there are two individuals on Earth, they will find something to disagree about, however minor.”
I can’t remember where I heard that, but it rings true
There’s also been increased radicalization, especially among the younger masses, and the encouragement of choosing an established “side” that’s better than the other supposedly.
You ain't alone. Feels like what 1912 and 1913 must have felt like; only not just in Europe, but everywhere.
Islamists will fight with literally anyone, even themselves (Sunni-Shia wars, anyone?) If you think this is just a Middle East issue or just a Jewish-Muslim issue, you can look at countries like India and Pakistan where the Muslim political extremists have started and lost four wars with India.
The US is far too arrogant when it comes to international law. This conflict in Israel and Gaza is a good example. As a US citizen, if I have empathy for the people in Gaza and fault Israel for their actions, I'm called antisemitic. I am not. I just believe humans have the right to exist. I'm glad the ICC has at least made a stand.
PLEASE DONT PUT ANNOYING BACKGROUND MUSIC IF ITS GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME ANNOYING SOUND. PLEASEEEE!!!!
I really enjoy this as one of my main weekly news sources. But my autism does not do well with that beeping sound in the back ground. (Can't focus)
The background music is always the worst on his shows compared to any other YTer. Way too loud and annoying. But i highly doubt they will ever change it.. There are a few episodes I’ll just stop like 3 mins into it cuz of the annoying background.
Would be cool if you could assign sound to separate "channels" and "mix" them on the client side. Oh wait, thatd be too complicated and apps are supposed to be "simple".
Software has gone into a complete downhill slide since the app "revolution"
Caledonia sounds like South Africa in about a week of the ANC stays in power
Spain should worry about Catalonia.
might wanna fix that description...
Lol he's linking to a channel he doesn't even work on anymore
Diversity was always a weakness if not limited by a shared vision of a single people. It is the crucial difference between disagreeing on how to get to your shared destination the best and fighting over what that destination is in the first place. The 21st century will be going down in history as the time some people woke up from their naive dreams and those who got crushed by reality.
I see no basis for controversy re the ICC except that war criminals don't like being prosecuted. And thus it is no surprise that their mobs don't approve of the laws. Call for a bounty hunter.
That background sound that is like a seat belt unbuckled alarm is making this unwatchable. It's driving me crazy
LOL EDITING ERROR
Such bad editing on so many of these
@@johnymey4034Either trying ai to minimise work or overworked
Kind of ironic- South Africa now (quite rightly) wants Israel held to account for it's war crimes, but was happy to let Omar al-Bashir skate for his. Kind of makes me miss the cold war- at least when that was on, The US and USSR kept the countries in their spheres of interest mostly under control (one big exception in Africa being the Angolan civil war).
UN and ICC are trying hard to prove they actually serve a purpose. Still waiting to see what that purpose is though.
The UN serves a purpose, however small. They’re at least serve as a ground for countries to have dialogues and openly discuss their concerns so we can see where they stand.
The ICC is just a joke organization. They issued a warrant for Putin _last year._ Doubt anyone noticed or cared because no country is going to obey the order.
The same as the leage of nations
@@nikolaideianov5092 Lasted a lot longer, at least. 80 years is pretty good.
@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem soo worse then the leage of nations lol
@nikolaideianov5092 No. The League couldn't keep the peace for even 20 years, the UN lasted 80 years with relatively low numbers of major conflicts.
No comment other than the arm was likely a defensive wound. Several landed, he raised an arm to block.
Man the audio on here had really got to get fixed. I don't mind background music but it needs to be just that, in the background. This is at least the third straight video with this issue.
New TH-cam audio setting. Uncheck it.
At this point, can anyone come up with a " solution " for the DRC? I've been trying to keep up with developments since the late Zaire era and...?
This is absolute proof that no nation should ever submit itself to any form of international governance. We are nations, not one creed, and I owe no level of comfort, aid, or civility to nations that do not align with my country's vision for the globe. War is as human as love; and it will never be eliminated.
A-fucking-men bro
Probably one of the smartest posts I have read yet. 👍🏽
Yup
Cheers to that
I still call it the Czech Republic as well
Femboy
@@NexxtTimeDontMisswhata 🤣
@@SP-bt9mp dude looks like a hood femboy
Regardless of whether or not Netanyahu is brought to justice, forever his name will be written down in history books as a War Criminal and the actions taken under his leadership were unjust, cruel and inhumane.
Simon, you make a superb argument for a reinvigorated colonoialism. I endorse neither side.
The British and Germans position in this case is utterly disgusting. At least the rest of the EU seem to be slowly siding on the right side of international law.
Meanwhile, here in the US of A, dotard Biden attempts to play both sides of the fence. Without much success. 🙄
Nonsense. This is the exact opposite of correct.
@@adamredwine774 Seethe and cope.
@@jordanmehlhaff3236 Nah, I prefer to support the military action of the IDF. Actions speak louder than words.
@adamredwine774 Keep supporting Nazis. The world will judge you in a few years :)