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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harry Davies

Dutch foreign ministry calls in Israeli ambassador over ICC spying claims

The international criminal court in The Hague
As the host state of the ICC, which is in The Hague, the Netherlands is obliged to protect the safety and security of ICC staff. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands was asked to “report” to the Dutch foreign affairs ministry to explain allegations of a secret surveillance and espionage campaign by Israeli spy services against the international criminal court, it has emerged.

Dutch officials asked to meet the ambassador, Modi Ephraim, to discuss concerns raised by a Guardian investigation that revealed Israeli intelligence agencies attempted over a nine-year period to undermine, influence and allegedly intimidate the ICC chief prosecutor’s office.

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