Well are the charges justified - that is the moot point ? That rather sounds like a Donald Trump, the courts is biased against me arguement. I'm no legal expert but if Amal Clooney thinks there is a cast iron case then that's good enough for me.
If we are going to rip up the international structures set up after Nuremberg to prevent war crimes every happening again or at least bring the guilty to justice what are we going to replace it with ? If countries don't agree with the result then they should resign from the ICC and say exactly why. Putin must be loving this equivocation as he is currently under warrant and Russia is not a signatory nor is China for that matter.
From the judgement- the charges levelled against Hamas are without complaint from any reasonable person and their justice is coming, of that we can be sure.
From the judgement ;
The effects of the use of starvation as a method of warfare, together with other attacks and collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza are acute, visible and widely known, and have been confirmed by multiple witnesses interviewed by my Office, including local and international medical doctors. They include malnutrition, dehydration, profound suffering and an increasing number of deaths among the Palestinian population, including babies, other children, and women.
Famine is present in some areas of Gaza and is imminent in other areas. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned more than two months ago, “1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger – the highest number of people ever recorded – anywhere, anytime” as a result of an “entirely manmade disaster”. Today, my Office seeks to charge two of those most responsible, NETANYAHU and GALLANT, both as co-perpetrators and as superiors pursuant to Articles 25 and 28 of the Rome Statute.
Israel, like all States, has a right to take action to defend its population. That right, however, does not absolve Israel or any State of its obligation to comply with international humanitarian law. Notwithstanding any military goals they may have, the means Israel chose to achieve them in Gaza – namely, intentionally causing death, starvation, great suffering, and serious injury to body or health of the civilian population – are criminal.