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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Britain threatened to defund ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor

Benjamin Netanyahu.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, addressing a plenary session of the Knesset on 8 December. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor has claimed.

Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister.

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