Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the annual ceremony at the eve of Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025.
Photo: Abir Sultan / POOL / AFP
The court’s ruling against Netanyahu should be dismissed now that its chief prosecutor is awash in scandal.
Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister should be null and void while a challenge against the decision is being reviewed, Israel has argued. Officials said the warrants “must be withdrawn or vacated pending the Pre-Trial Chamber’s determination” after the ICC’s own appeals chamber said it was wrong to have dismissed Israel’s previous challenge.
European leaders are usually quick to respond to news from bodies like the ICC on Israel’s war against Hamas. Indeed, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell previously said that the court’s arrest warrant should be “respected and implemented” by member states. But they have noticeably had much less to say about the doubts now being cast upon both the ruling and the institution as a whole.
Human rights lawyer and author Anne Herzberg described the accusations against Khan as “the most shocking” she has ever read “about corruption and sexual abuse in international institutions.” She questioned whether officials will simply “attempt to pretend [the case] doesn’t exist,” hoping it will “go away.”
A further report on Tuesday by journalist Jotam Confino—citing a “senior Western diplomat”—claimed that Khan “hoped” the warrant against Netanyahu “would turn Western nations against Israel.”
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Israel has argued that allowing the warrant against Netanyahu to stay in place while a challenge against it is being officially considered “is unlawful and undermines the legitimacy of the court.”
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
