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Exclusive: David Cameron threatened to withdraw UK from ICC over Israel war crimes probe (www.middleeasteye.net)

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The British government privately threatened to defund and withdraw from the International Criminal Court if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, Middle East Eye can reveal.

David Cameron, then foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government, made the threat in April 2024 in a heated phone call with Karim Khan, the British chief prosecutor of the court.

Cameron told Khan that applying for warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant would be “like dropping a hydrogen bomb”.

Cameron said it was one thing to investigate and prosecute Russia for a “war of aggression” on Ukraine, but quite another to prosecute Israel when it was “defending itself from the attacks of 7 October”.

He claimed the warrants would have “profound implications” in Britain and within his own Conservative Party. Cameron then said that if the ICC issued warrants for Israeli leaders, the UK would “defund the court and withdraw from the Rome Statute”.

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[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just got himself a job at a huge law firm, DLA Piper.

He started the end of tax-and-spent governments, here in the UK, early in this century, declaring the new austerity era: they now just tax people who don't have money, nothing else. Spending on infrastructure like roads, law enforcement, social care, health care etc has all been curtailed.