The British chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has confirmed he would cooperate with an inquiry into the April 2024 phone call between himself and then-British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, in which he has said Cameron threatened to defund the ICC if he pursued arrest warrants for Israeli officials.
Karim Khan revealed details of his call with Cameron, a former British prime minister who is now a peer in the House of Lords, in an exclusive interview with Middle East Eye this week.
MEE first reported last June that on 23 April 2024, weeks before Khan applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his then-Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Cameron phoned Khan and threatened that the UK would defund and withdraw from the ICC if it issued warrants for Israeli leaders.
Since then, numerous British MPs have urged a Foreign Office investigation into the call and a Foreign Affairs Select Committee inquiry.
The Foreign Office has repeatedly refused to comment on the matter.
