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The escape from Brazil of an Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes in Gaza has reignited fears of prosecution abroad among the Israeli forces and their families.

“Moms Up,” a group of Israeli soldiers’ mothers, has written to Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military chief of staff following the case in Brazil, pleading for help to escape justice.

“We see you as the sole responsible party for removing the legal risk facing our children.”

Reports said on Sunday that the soldier, a reservist who was vacationing in Brazil, managed to leave the Latin American country, despite a court order.

The Israeli foreign ministry on Sunday admitted that the Israeli embassy in Brazil had orchestrated “his swift and safe departure from Brazil.”

Last week, a Brazilian judge ordered police to investigate the soldier, accusing him of “participating in massive demolitions of civilian homes in Gaza during a systematic campaign of destruction.”

The case is the latest in a series of lawsuits brought by the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), which has been pursuing justice for the Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

The group has filed several complaints in various countries against Israeli forces who participated in the genocidal war on Gaza. It also filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against 1,000 Israeli soldiers.

The Brazilian case has also caused a political furor in Israel, with the leader of the opposition, Yair Lapid, saying, “The fact that an Israeli reserve soldier had to flee Brazil in the middle of the night to avoid being arrested for fighting in Gaza is a monumental political failure" of the current Israeli administration "that is simply incapable of functioning.”

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[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago

Maybe IDF members need to start asking why exactly they need to travel like fucking Nazi war criminals to evade capture and if, just maybe, that means they are indeed the baddies.

[–] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago

Maybe they should have thought of that before slaughtering children and posting it on Facebook.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they evade the courts make sure they can't evade you. Vigilantes exist because the legal system is broken

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Underrated comment.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't we want them to leave Israel?

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't you want them to answer for their crimes? Your question is worded in a very confusing way as if leaving the entity is enough.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I want Palestine to be free, and that's going to require everyone loyal to the Zionist entity to leave: by plane or the grave.

I don't want them to be cornered. The enemy needs to have a path left open for retreat or else they'll fight to the death.

The more "Israelis" that leave of their own volition, the better.

[–] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't you want them to answer for their crimes? (2)

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not an idealist. The more Israelis that leave Israel the sooner Palestine can be free.

[–] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Will not taking actions on murderers will make them retreat? This soldier wasn't their as they fall back, they were there on vacation.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

First, if you don't leave a path open for retreat they fight to the death. Always let your enemy run. This soldier just showed that it isn't completely safe for IOF war criminals to leave Israel. Vacation is different from retreat, obviously, but it still signals to anyone thinking of a retreat that it isn't completely safe to leave anymore.

Second is more of an economic consideration. When a soldier goes on vacation outside of Israel then they aren't generating economic activity inside Israel. Israel gets a lot of its economic activity from vacationers, and since Oct 7th they've hit a serious downturn on economic activity. Now soldiers will spend their money at home, which helps Israel's economy.

[–] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Always let your enemy run

Israel will never run out of space to run, that's the truth. Without global push, they don't need to run anyways.

it still signals to anyone thinking of a retreat that it isn't completely safe to leave anymore.

Not making them accountable signals they can do whatever they want and still roam like a free man

Now soldiers will spend their money at home, which helps Israel's economy.

Can u probably rephrase this paragraph? If it helps israel economy how it is good for Palestinians?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Israel will never run out of space to run, that’s the truth. Without global push, they don’t need to run anyways.

Fair enough. Even if they can't go to Brazil anymore they can still run to any friendly Western country. Conceded.

Can u probably rephrase this paragraph? If it helps israel economy how it is good for Palestinians?

I mean if the war criminals are forced to stay home they spend their money at home, and that helps Israel. If they go to Brazil, that money leaves Israel and goes to Brazil. Israel economically benefits from Israelis being unable to vacation wherever they want.

But on second thought, that raises the contradictions anyway. So, nevermind. Brazil did nothing wrong.