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.”
Once again, only in name really. Those countries are sending their weapons to NATO supply depots and “handing them over” to America, after which America gives them to Israel. Using a legal loophole. Judges in The Netherlands even said this loophole is completely fine.
Another recent example was Belgium intercepting an Israeli arms shipment which simply used wrong labelling only after NGO activists tipped off the authorities https://aircargoweek.com/arms-shipments-intercepted-in-belgium/ . Many of these shipments happened and they simply turned a blind eye until they no longer could.
Currently absolutely not. Once again, Europe has platitudes and very small sanctions which they love to point to, but nothing of significant consequences.