Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor

Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor, has claimed.Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister. Continue reading