Matthew Dalton: Khan is away pending an investigation into sexual assault allegations against him. Some officials and legal experts doubt the ICC will move ahead with the case without a chief prosecutor on the job, given the sanctions threat from the Trump administration.

Matthew Dalton daltonian.bsky.social · May 28, 2025
Scoop: Before going on leave, ICC top prosecutor Karim Khan was preparing arrest warrants for two far-right Israeli cabinent members, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, over their role in expanding West Bank settlements. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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The court investigated Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir over West Bank settlements before Karim Khan took leave because of sexual-assault allegations against him.

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Matthew Dalton daltonian.bsky.social
Khan is away pending an investigation into sexual assault allegations against him. Some officials and legal experts doubt the ICC will move ahead with the case without a chief prosecutor on the job, given the sanctions threat from the Trump administration.
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Matthew Dalton daltonian.bsky.social · May 28, 2025
The ICC case is based on the Rome Statute (and the Geneva Conventions) provision that forbids an occupying power from transferring its population into occupied territory. Israel gives substantial support to West Bank settlements. Smotrich and Ben-Gvir have called for Israel to annex the West Bank.

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