Annie Crabill, Senior digital editor at the Economist, reports:
If Donald Trump goes ahead with his latest threats against Iran—every bridge “will be decimated”, he promised on Monday, and every power plant “out of business, burning”—he will probably violate the laws of war. Strikes on civilian infrastructure may also fail to achieve their primary objective: to rob Iran’s regime of funding. The civilian economy has long been in a dire state. The regime relies on other sources of income, and war has been good for business. (Crabill, n.d.)
Jayme Poisson, correspondent with CBC Front Burner, broadcast, on April 7, 2026, a check-in on Israel’s expanding wars in Iran and Lebanon, violence in the West Bank and details of a new law that could see the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. Meron Rapoport returns to the show. Meron has been reporting on Israel for over 30 years, and was formerly the head of news at Israel's Ha’aretz newspaper. He’s now an editor with the Hebrew-language news site Local Call. Israel cannot conquer Lebanon and Iran, certainly not at the same time, even as Netanu claims that Israel is going to be a “Super Sparta” CBC transcripts (Poisson, n.d.)
Canada is a member of the International Criminal Court. The United States and Israel are not. If President Donald Trump or Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu were to find themselves in one of the member countries of the ICC (125 countries are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.) does that country have the power or responsibility to arrest them and charge them with war crimes and retain them in custody prior to trial at the International Court of Justice at the Hague, charged to bring justice to leaders of Nazi Germany.
References
Crabill, A. (n.d.). Trump and War Crimes. The Economist | Go beyond breaking news. Retrieved April 7, 2026, from https://www.economist.com/
International Criminal Court. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved April 7, 2026, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court
Poisson, J. (n.d.). Front Burner. Trump and War Crimes. Retrieved April 7, 2026, from https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner
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