⚖️ Turkey Issued 37 Arrest Warrants for Genocidal Israeli Leaders. The World Must Follow — And Charge Everyone Who Did This.

When soldiers confess and prosecutors move, the law doesn’t stop at Netanyahu. Every hand that used a human shield, pulled a trigger, bulldozed a home, or signed an order must be in the dock.

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On November 7th, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli political and military officials—including Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir—on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza. As reported by multiple outlets, the case cites specific incidents we’ve all seen and documented: the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, the strike on al-Ahli Arab Hospital, the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, and unprovoked fire on civilians at aid distribution points, all in the context of a deliberate blockade obstructing humanitarian relief.

This is a big deal and a very good start from one of the most influential nations in the world. This is not a “PR stunt.” This is universal jurisdiction in action: a sovereign prosecutor invoking the core crimes of the Geneva Conventions, the Genocide Convention, and the Rome Statute to do what too many capitals refuse to do—name the crimes and name the suspects.

And here is what I am going to say as clearly as I can: every nation that claims to believe in law and human dignity should follow Turkey’s lead immediately. Not only by issuing warrants for these same 37 names, but by building cases against every person who participated in these atrocities, from the commanders who signed the orders to the men who carried them out.

Because the law is not ambiguous:

• Human shields are a war crime: Additional Protocol I, art. 51(7); Rome Statute art. 8(2)(b)(xxiii). No exceptions.

• Willful killing of civilians is a grave breach and a war crime: Geneva Convention IV, art. 147; Rome Statute art. 8(2)(a)(i).

• Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks are war crimes: AP I arts. 51(4), 51(5)(b); Rome Statute art. 8(2)(b)(iv).

• Attacking hospitals and aid-seekers is unlawful and chargeable: AP I arts. 12, 15, 70–71; Rome Statute art. 8.

• Individual criminal responsibility attaches to anyone who orders, solicits, aids, or commits these crimes (Rome Statute art. 25). Command responsibility attaches to superiors who knew or should have known and failed to prevent or punish (art. 28).

• For grave breaches, every state has a duty to search for suspects and prosecute or extradite (GC IV arts. 146–147).

When a tank shells a home because a man is hanging laundry, when soldiers shoot unarmed people at an aid site, when commanders send a civilian into a tunnel with a phone in his vest to map it while troops hang back—those are not “mistakes.” They are crimes with names and elements, and they trigger obligations far beyond press releases.

Turkey has moved. Others must move now.

What Must Happen Next

• Mirror the warrants: Prosecutors in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia should open parallel investigationsand seek arrest warrants for the same 37 officials—and for identifiable unit commanders and direct perpetrators tied to specific incidents.

• Press the ICC to expand: The Prosecutor should extend beyond leadership to ordering, aiding/abetting, and perpetration counts where the evidence permits.

• Suspend arms and intelligence transfers: Comply with domestic and international law (Leahy, AECA, 22 U.S.C. § 2378-1, NSM-20). The trigger is credible information, not a confession; it has long since been met.

• Protect witnesses and preserve evidence: Fund secure channels for soldier, medic, and civilian testimony; lock down drone footage, targeting logs, munitions data, and hospital records; share with competent courts.

• Use targeted sanctions and travel restrictions: Impose Magnitsky-type measures on suspects; seek Interpol cooperation where possible; warn that entry into rule-of-law jurisdictions risks arrest.

Objection & Answer

• “This is political lawfare; Turkey is hypocritical.”
  The content of the charges matters, not your opinion of the venue. Human shields, willful killings, and attacks on hospitals are per se crimes under the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute. When one state won’t prosecute, others must. That is not politics; it’s how the law stays alive.

• “Only top leaders belong in court.”
  Wrong. Individual criminal responsibility (RS art. 25) and command responsibility (RS art. 28) reach every tier: the minister who ordered, the colonel who planned, the captain who signed, the crew that fired, the cleric who directly incited and then participated. Law is not a photo-op. It’s a chain of custody and a chain of command.

I am telling you plainly: this is what accountability looks like at the start. It is not perfect. It is not fast. But it is movement—from denial to testimony, from testimony to indictments, from indictments to handcuffs.

We will keep doing our part—documenting every new warrant, mapping every suspect to every incident, and explaining the law in the clearest English we can muster. To do that daily, I need you with me. Help me keep this free for the world and help me hire the two teammates who will put the receipts on screen and build the public ledger this moment demands.

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Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun

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