The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories on Saturday said the removal of International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan cannot be read in isolation from the campaign to overturn the arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Khan's removal lines up neatly with the fight to neutralise Netanyahu's arrest warrant. Coincidence is a luxury intl law can no longer afford," Francesca Albanese wrote on X.
"This proves that justice DOES threaten Apartheid Israel & Co. So if the ICC is paralysed, lawyers and judges worldwide must do more."
Albanese's statement was in response to an Israeli media report that said Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Saar, "played an active role" in efforts to remove Khan.
The report cited a senior Israeli official as saying that "Saar oversaw a dedicated task force and employed intensive diplomatic efforts aimed at securing Khan’s removal from office".
