According to material reviewed by MEE, Graham told Khan that if he proceeded with the warrants “you may as well shoot the hostages yourself” and “we will sanction you”.

He added that the ICC was “made for Africa and thugs like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, not democracies like Israel”.

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Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, wrote last Saturday on X that “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”.

Welcoming the decision, Netanyahu posted that he has spoken to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about giving the ICC the coup de grace.

“He once again reaffirmed America’s determination to act forcefully against this institution - an institution that undermines justice, attacks democratic and sovereign nations, and seeks to subordinate their security to the decisions of unaccountable and corrupt officials in The Hague,” Netanyahu wrote.