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New Questions about ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and Qatar
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Karim Khan is the International Criminal Court prosecutor who requested arrest warrants for Israel's leaders in 2024, shortly after learning he had been accused of sexual assault. This month the court's governors voted to advance disciplinary proceedings against Khan. Now a witness statement says the Qatari government promised to "look after" Khan if he moved against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The new witness statement suggests that a Qatar-linked private intelligence operation sought to discredit Khan's alleged assault victim. It also targeted two Americans: Tom Lynch, the senior ICC official who first reported the assault allegation, and Sen. Lindsey Graham. The intelligence operation's manager said in a recording: "It's all in the context of issuing the warrant. That was basically the deal. He was like, 'I want to issue the warrant, but I'm terrified to do it.' And they said, 'if you do it, then we'll look after you.'" The intelligence operation's manager was asked whether the support came from an individual sheikh or from the Qatari state. He said, "No, it's the state." It was always egregious to indict Israel's prime minister and defense minister for the country's defensive war, which Hamas began. In 2024 we wrote that Khan's conduct had placed the ICC's targeting of Israel "under a cloud." Now it's raining.