US Senator Lindsey Graham and Benjamin Netanyahu conspired to use sexual misconduct allegations against the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor to try and delay the court's arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister, it has emerged. The revelation raises further questions about an intensifying intimidation campaign, documented by Middle East Eye last year, which targeted Karim Khan and the ICC over his office's efforts to bring Gaza war crimes prosecutions against Israeli ministers. It comes following Graham's death earlier this month - and after Khan was removed from his role as ICC chief prosecutor last Friday in a vote by the court's member states. Read more: Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham conspired to use sex claims against Khan to delay warrants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House on 28 July to meet Donald Trump about the ongoing war in Iran (Andrew Harnik/AFP)
Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham conspired to use sex claims against Khan to delay warrants
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