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.”
I don’t think you understand what cooling of relations amongst countries mean.
There are 3 basic levels, ally, neutral, enemy.
The cooling means Israel is going from ally/neutral to neutral/enemy.
IDK why I deserve such sarcasm for describing the reality of the political relations between EU and Israel?
Also Benjamin Netanyahu is actually wanted as a war criminal by the ICC that resides in EU!
Could you please shut up with your sarcasm on things that are not as you claim they are?!
We all agree here that Israel is a terrorist state, and EU shouldn’t support them. You just fail to acknowledge that EU support for Israel is actually diminishing. And claim that EU is as guilty as Israel as if we were the ones to actually pull the trigger.
The hate against EU here is bordering on insanity!!!
Because you are disrespectful and because you think EU actions result in anything meaningful.
That’s on paper. Meanwhile he visited Hungary plus France and Germany said they wouldn’t arrest him.
Dude, there is an active genocide going on from a terrorist state armed with nukes and you are talking about meaningless actions. It’s like fireman pissing on a huge forest fire to extinguish it. When asked how it is going, they’d say “no problem, soon another couple of guys will join me”.
Who is claiming that? EU is guilty of not taking any meaningful steps whereas some member states are guilty of enabling Israel.