A massive headache has landed for dozens of Israeli leaders not least Netanyahu himself, as the world just got a bit smaller for them. Right, so Turkey has now put Netanyahu on the arrest list. Not a metaphor. An actual warrant. Genocide, crimes against humanity, names spelled out in black ink. Netanyahu. Ben-Gvir. Israel Katz. The general staff. The men who signed off, nodded through, looked away. Thirty-seven of them in total, so this is more than just another diplomatic rebuke. It’s a full on booking sheet. The thing is with such moves they are more than just symbolic, because they are based in statute. It sits in a court’s registry. It exists in the world. It will still exist when the tanks pull back, when the cameras move on, and when the politicians and the media pretend they didn’t see what we all saw. The ICC already has its own warrants open. Now another state has issued their own and strengthened that case, another state has joined the file and again, one of the names on the paperwork is the guy who runs Israel. Right, so the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and thirty-six senior Israeli officials. The filing named genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The warrants were lodged through the Turkish penal code under Articles 76 and 77. The legal basis was universal jurisdiction in cases of mass atrocity. The paperwork moved through Istanbul’s criminal court. It has been reported that the likes of Hamas have welcomed the action as a step towards accountability. Israel dismissed it as a political show. So who’s been named then Damo? Well, not all 37 officials that I can find, but those that have been named include Netanyahu, War Minister Israel Katz, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and head of the navy David Saar Salama. These are the officials responsible for military, internal security, and general staff command. The warrants came after the International Criminal Court had of course already applied for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The ICC filings named starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, m*rder, persecution, and inhumane acts. The ICC Prosecutor’s statement is public. The ICC charge sheet is public. The two warrant tracks now sit alongside one another: the ICC at the level of international criminal law, Turkey at the level of state jurisdiction.