The ICC prosecutor quoted “Palestine” for a quiet sex scandal – reporting

The ICC leader of the public prosecutor Karim Khan asked a woman who accused him of sexual assault to make an accusation so that he could issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Wall Street Journal Registered on Saturday.

Some details on the allegations were announced in November, shortly before the International Criminal Court was granted the arrest warrant against Netanyahu and Israel's then Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the request of Khan. The magazine'S Exposé gives new details on the allegations against Khan and how he connected the indictment against the arrest warrants against Israeli leaders.

The complainant, a Malaysian lawyer with whom Khan had traveled closely and worked together for years, claimed that Khan had repeatedly magazine.

“Think of the Palestinian arrest warrants,” he was quoted.

The time of the arresting orders issued in November 2024 for alleged war crimes was suspected that Khan's decision was calculated in order to distract the attention from the sex scandal that came to light a few weeks earlier magazine reported.

Khan denied any sexual misconduct by legal advisor and rejected any connection between the allegations and his pursuit of the Israeli arrest warrants.

Khan's prison applications meant that he supported the anti-Israel line of several ICC member states. The International Tribunal is not part of the United Nations and derives its mandate from the Rome Act of the International Criminal Court, a contract that does not sign the United States and several other countries.

The arrest warrants were controversial and confronted some Member States, including Hungary and Germany, regardless of Khan's sexual abuse examination. The woman involved initially decided not to help the investigators and said colleagues that she did not want to derail the Palestinian case by granting a complaint against Khan magazine.

“He always holds me and leads me to the bed” Magazine. “It is the feeling of being trapped.”

According to the newspaper, the woman remained because of her commitment to human rights work, the financial responsibility associated with her terminally ill mother and the growing fear of retaliation from Khan.
This report was supported by current and former ICC officers, the newspaper said.

“Try to intimidate”

An investigation of the United Nations' office for internal supervisory services is not only underway and not only examines the allegations of sexual misconduct, but also claims that Khan has tried to intimidate the complainant and others who have reported his actions. The Wall Street Journal noted.

The removal of Khan would require a majority votes among the 125 Member States of the court, the result of the investigation could have significant consequences for the ICC-especially at a time when his credibility of powerful non-members such as the United States, China, Russia and Israel is questioned.

Khan, loud The Wall Street Journalhas implied that the allegations are part of a greater attempt to weaken the ICC.

The case of sexual behavior began to develop on April 29, 2024, when the woman in front of Thomas Lynch, a high -ranking ICC law consultant, and another colleague, who unveiled alleged sexual abuse by Khan for months, unveiled, which was cited by the ICC insiders magazine. On May 2, Lynch and two helpers Khan confronted his apartment and informed him that the matter would be reported to the court's personnel office.

According to reports, Khan replied that he had to step back before adding: “Then people will think that I run away from Palestine.”

The following day his office gave up an explanation [to] Listen immediately ”, although it did not address the allegations directly.

During this time, Khan prepared for a visit to Israel and Gaza, a journey that he had been following for months. Antony Blellen and Jake Sullivan, then US foreign minister and national security consultant, asked Israel to allow the visit and viewed him as an opportunity to influence Khan's decision on arrest warrants. On May 3, Khan flashed that the trip would provide decisive insights according to the report before a decision was made.

On May 19, Khan abruptly canceled the visit. The next day, he publicly announced the applications for arrests against the recommendations of high -ranking prosecutors who checked the judges before creating the pressure magazine reported.

Khan supposedly tried to persuade the woman to withdraw her claims.

“Unfortunately, the victims will be three: she and her family, me and my family and the justice of the victims,” ​​he said reports to her during a phone call that has been part of the UN since then. According to her testimony of cited by The Wall Street JournalHe also said to her on another occasion: “Think of the Palestinian arrest.”