Posted on 09/04/2025 12:00:59 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video statement revealing new information regarding the International Criminal Court's (ICC) controversial decision to seek arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, calling it a "travesty of justice."
"Last year, false charges of Israeli war crimes surfaced in the international media," Netanyahu began. "The ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, said he planned to come to Israel to see things for himself. Before he came, he praised Israel's independent judicial system that investigates allegations of war crimes on its own."
According to Netanyahu, Khan cancelled his scheduled visit to Israel on the very day of his planned arrival and instead issued arrest warrant requests targeting the prime minister and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
"This opens the door for false charges against the brave soldiers of Israel, the United States, and other democracies who fight the terrorists that wish to destroy Western civilization," he said.
Netanyahu disclosed that months later, Israel learned the reason behind Khan's sudden change of plans. "It turns out that a few days before Khan's planned visit, a female member of his staff accused him of rape and sexual assault," Netanyahu said, adding that Khan feared for his career and sought to shift attention away from the allegations.
"He hatched a plan. He would divert attention from the charges against him by charging Israel and me with false war crimes accusations. .....
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"The ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, said he planned to come to Israel to see things for himself. Before he came, he praised Israel's independent judicial system that investigates allegations of war crimes on its own." ...Khan cancelled his scheduled visit to Israel on the very day of his planned arrival and instead issued arrest warrant requests targeting the prime minister and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant... months later, Israel learned the reason... "It turns out that a few days before Khan's planned visit, a female member of his staff accused him of rape and sexual assault," Netanyahu said, adding that Khan feared for his career and sought to shift attention away from the allegations.
IOW, either Khan's guilty, or he was honey-trapped into pulling his ****. Best overall solution is getting rid of the ICC, but not before indicting every last Islamofascist despot on the planet, in and out of gov't.
clinton move
someone offered south africa a heap of foreign policy money
maybe one of Israel’s many enemies
like iran
Definitely. Russia, too. Distraction away from Putin’s crimes in Ukraine, and the sheer fakery discredits the ICC so that if they do go after Russia, they’d have no credibility left.
Boris Badenov would be proud.
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