GENEVA (Dispatches) -- An investigative report has exposed a mounting campaign of intimidation targeting British ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, revealing alarming threats designed to force him to abandon the investigation into the Zionist occupying regime’s war crimes in Gaza.
According to a report by Middle East Eye (MEE), Khan was explicitly warned to withdraw arrest warrants against the leaders of the Zionist regime, or face destruction of both himself and the International Criminal Court (ICC). The threat came in May during a meeting at a hotel in The Hague with Nicholas Kaufman, a British-Israeli lawyer linked to the inner circle of Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Kaufman claimed to be authorized by Netanyahu’s legal adviser to offer Khan a way to “climb down the tree,” urging him to reclassify the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former war minister Yoav Gallant—issued over their genocidal crimes in Gaza—as “confidential,” and to refrain from seeking further warrants against Zionist ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, notorious for promoting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Kaufman warned that failure to comply would lead to the “destruction” of Khan and the ICC itself. Khan and his wife, Shyamala Alagendra, later confirmed the encounter was a clear threat.
This intimidation campaign emerged just weeks before unsubstantiated sexual misconduct allegations against Khan surfaced—claims he has firmly denied. Reports indicate these allegations may have been part of a deliberate attempt to discredit him as he prepared to expand investigations into more members of Netanyahu’s cabinet.
In addition to death threats and baseless accusations, Khan has faced sanctions from the U.S. government since February. The U.S., which aligns with the Zionist regime and rejects ICC jurisdiction, recently escalated pressure by sanctioning four ICC judges involved in the arrest warrants. A senior U.S. official warned that “all options are on the table” if warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant are not dropped.
The ICC rejected Israel’s request in July to suspend the arrest warrants pending appeal, maintaining that Netanyahu and Gallant remain internationally wanted suspects. ICC member states are legally bound to arrest them, though many have been reluctant to act.
The UN special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, Francesca Albanese, condemned countries such as Italy, France, and Greece for allowing Netanyahu safe passage through their airspace, potentially violating their international obligations to arrest an indicted war criminal. Albanese herself was sanctioned by the US for her courageous work exposing Zionist war crimes.
Despite repeated UN Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire and International Court of Justice orders to prevent genocide, the Zionist regime continues its genocidal assault unabated, flouting international law and causing immense human suffering.
The ongoing campaign against ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan and international legal institutions underscores the Zionist regime’s determination to evade accountability.