America Can Turn the Tide of the War by Hitting Iran Where It Hurts
With some help from Israel.
August 4, 2026
Rather, it appears to be the other way around.
Last month, the member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC)—a group that does not include Israel or the U.S.—voted to remove Karim Khan from his position as chief prosecutor due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Khan’s colleagues naturally claimed that the accusations were part of an Israeli plot to tarnish his name after he had issued spurious warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanhyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant. But the chronology suggests that the arrow of causation points in the opposite direction. Orde Kittrie writes:
With some help from Israel.
Rather, it appears to be the other way around.
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Last month, the member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC)—a group that does not include Israel or the U.S.—voted to remove Karim Khan from his position as chief prosecutor due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Khan’s colleagues naturally claimed that the accusations were part of an Israeli plot to tarnish his name after he had issued spurious warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanhyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant. But the chronology suggests that the arrow of causation points in the opposite direction. Orde Kittrie writes:
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