Analyze the data until our sun goes supernova and the deluded hordes of religious fanatics and idolatrous Israel-lovers will not subject themselves to justice.  They have for so long looked the other way when their actions have been called into question that they no longer know what justice looks like.  We, the wide awake public, have reason to believe that governance in Israel has been a criminal enterprise from antiquity, and the evidence is far from scant, if one counts the Bible as a reliable source. It is heartening to see that the evidence of Israel’s traditional crimes has impressed the International Criminal Court. Never mind my premature conclusion in the title, one would have to be blind and deaf not to have the lasting impression that Israel and its latest quarry are bent on passing off criminal ventures as noble responses to life’s changes.

Regret and remorse

If one listens to the spiel coming from Israeli politicians speaking for the government one hears a steady stream of defiance of international law, and an absolute trampling on human decency, in the continuation of settlements, and the repeated displacement of Palestinian people, but one only needs to listen to the videos coming from people in the occupied territories to see the level of malice and cruelty that comes out in the words and actions of Israeli settlers. One wonders if they think that they are still in the thirteenth century BC when God gave them the green light to annihilate people that we would call innocent in Canaan. No, they can’t. They would have to skip the longstanding relations with Midian, Syria, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, and Great Britan. The latest warrants from the International Criminal Court are for individuals who told everyone that their goals are the total annihilation of their sworn enemy. Hamas’ dastardly massacre on Israeli citizens in October 2023 and Israel’s decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people will doubtless be prime evidence in the ICC’s indictment. These merchants of death and violence have nothing to say that can move the international authorities towards believing that Hamas and Israel can muster any thing that resembles regret and remorse. We would be naive to read pronouncements from these indicted criminals as sincere human emotions.

Shielded from arrest

We know who will stand with Israel and Hamas, no matter what. Where the indicted officials can travel is no secret. The jail cells for them are a divine appointment, equal to the depressing and withering remainder of their days alive. Of course their days are numbered and the vigilantee vengeance which can seem like just deserts, but unsatisfying. No-one in Hamas’s domain and in Israel can be expected to hand the accused over to the ICC. Human vengeance is never justice. Israel especially should recall the long hand of justice mixed with mercy that destroyed the temple twice. The only reliable shield Hamas and Israel can turn to is the simple intersection of humility and love of justice.

Wisdom, where have you gone?

We all will need a conscience that is free from tampering. If you want to see how public opinion pans out and how the accused might benefit from the output of publishing organizations, see the varying lengths of news videos: CNN, 9 minutes; Al Jazeera English, 5 minutes; and CBC, less than 90 seconds. My title stands as my hope, solidly against the expectations of the accused.  Canada may be counted on to deny indicted criminals like 45 and Netanyahu from violating Canadian sovereign dignity.  Maybe the  Canadian government will arrest them both. Canadians are pledged to respect international law and are not interested in being sycophants of either Israel or the United States.  The combined wisdom of ancient and modern juggernauts is in the ditch due to inhumane policy commitments.  Authoritarianism is a dead donkey and the proponents of a great revival in Israel and the United States have long drifted from accountability to their populations. Poor Israel and Uncle Sam. Do they think people do not see what is happening?