"The war crimes protest being conducted by one little hotel in Japan is so clever, it is triggering Evil Jews worldwide!"
KernowDamo: Right, so once upon a time, in the heart of Kyoto, where centuries-old temples whispered histories of peace, there was a guesthouse, a hotel, that took a loud and defiant stand against war crimes, and in doing so, caused an entire nation to wail victimhood.
That is how the tale of The Wind Villa Hotel might have begun if penned by somebody like Hans Christian Anderson, but this is news and hilarious news at that. The Wind Villa Hotel is much like many others of its kind, an otherwise unassuming accommodation for travellers seeking serenity in Japan's cultural capital, but what has set them apart and had, as you might have guessed, Israel crying foul, is that they introduced a policy whereby Israeli guests must sign a declaration affirming that they have never participated in war crimes.
This declaration came into being in response to the International Criminal Court, the ICC issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the war crimes they stand accused of committing. Israel’s role in the ongoing devastation in Gaza—a genocide as that is—has come under global scrutiny. The Wind Villa Hotel’s policy is a grassroots, bureaucratic jab against war crimes as defined by one of the worlds highest courts, and it’s got powerful people fuming, going all the way to the top of Israeli politics within Japan and beyond.
Right, so The Wind Villa Hotel has come up with this declaration that guests coming from nations with leaderships accused of genocide have to sign in order to formally declare to the hotel that they themselves have never been involved in war crimes. So far, despite the growing international attention that this story is gaining, only 4 of its guests have had to sign it, three from Israel, one from Russia, an ICC warrant having been issued of course, for Vladimir Putin as well, so the hotel isn’t even singling out Israel particularly here, it just happens that most of the guests who have sign ed have come from there.
Guests from nations whose leaders face accusations from the ICC are asked to affirm, in writing, that they have not personally participated in war crimes.
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