Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2022-03 to 2026-07.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Specific military tactics and targetings by state actors constitute violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes.
17 people · 16 episodes
The killing of survivors after striking a boat constitutes murder and a war crime under both international and US law.
“A second strike against survivors is definitely illegal under international law and under US law. There's a word for it. Put aside war crimes because it triggers people. So for a lot of people that are in different parts of the political spectrum, but mainly the rightwing. If you say war crimes, the”
The Young Turks · Dec 2025 · 6 episodes · 5.3M views on this topicBen Meiselas asserts that issuing orders to show no mercy or no quarter to enemies constitutes a war crime.
“it would be an unlawful order to show no mercy, no quarter. It's quite literally a war crime.”
MeidasTouch · Apr 2026 · 5 episodes · 4.5M views on this topicIsrael's bombing campaigns and the restriction of resources in Gaza constitute war crimes and collective punishment that should be condemned.
“if you are not sitting here and condemning those acts of war crimes those acts of violence that those acts of collective punishment”
HasanAbi · Oct 2023 · 4 episodes · 2.4M views on this topicThe Israeli government is committing war crimes in Gaza.
“The reason why two former Israeli prime ministers have come out and said that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza is because Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.”
Piers Morgan Uncensored · Jun 2025 · 1 episode · 2.1M views on this topicThe speaker condemns the deliberate destruction of Lebanon's water infrastructure by Israel as an act of war crime and genocide.
“The Israelis do the most depraved [ __ ] on a daily basis and it barely gets mentioned. It barely makes the news. You barely hear a peep. You know, there's some voices in online media that talk about it more regularly than mainstream media does.”
Secular Talk · Jul 2026 · 3 episodes · 1.1M views on this topicMilitary operations against identified threats or combatants are legitimate state actions and not validly classified as war crimes.
2 people · 1 episode
The alleged war crimes involving the Secretary of War appear to be a politically coordinated attempt by the opposition to impede military execution of orders.
“The whole thing kind of stinks to me as as a general matter. Do I think that it's illegal? Um, again, we'll have to see what the fact pattern is. This is where Congress has article one authority to actually investigate and determine who said what and when.”
The Ben Shapiro Show · Dec 2025 · 3 episodes · 344K views on this topicKilling narco-terrorists who harm Americans is a legitimate military action, and such operations are more defensible than typical foreign interventions.
“blowing up a a a boat full of narotists or bringing poison into America and are part of a you know billion dollar criminal enterprise that is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans over the past decades. You know doing that is more defensible I think legally but certainly morally”
The Ben Shapiro Show · Dec 2025 · 2 episodes · 72K views on this topicInternational courts and legal institutions serve as essential, independent authorities for upholding global humanitarian law.
2 people · 1 episode
The International Criminal Court prosecutor's decision to seek indictments against both Israeli and Hamas leaders is an application of international law that should be supported.
“we should be supporting it it's a great symbol of international law it's outrageous that the Republican party is talking about taking sanctions against the international criminal court”
The Rest Is Politics · May 2024 · 1 episode · 60K views on this topicInternational law must be upheld, and the International Criminal Court serves as a crucial institution that should not be subject to political interference or sanctions.
“firstly defending International institutions international criminal court something we've been talking about since the 1930s finally managed to set up y the great dream since nurenberg so we should be supporting it”
The Rest Is Politics · May 2024 · 1 episode · 60K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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