Netanyahu says ICC prosecutor has ‘gone rogue’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan “a rogue prosecutor who’s out to demonize the one and only Jewish state”.

In an interview with MSNBC, Netanyahu said Khan’s call for arrest warrants for him and Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant is “totally absurd. It’s a travesty of justice”.

He took aim at the crux of Khan’s allegation that evidence suggests Netanyahu has committed war crimes by using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.

Netanyahu argued that Israel’s approval of Qatar sending aid to Hamas-governed Gaza before 7 October showed Israel had worked to prevent a humanitarian crisis.

“The whole thing of a deliberate starvation policy is ridiculous. It’s put forward by a guy who doesn’t check his facts. He’s receiving it from the UNRWA and other anti-Israeli agencies and from Palestinian sources," Netanyahu said.