Netanyahu Explodes: “Hague Prosecutor Sued Israel to Deflect From Rape Allegations”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a blistering attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, accusing him of issuing arrest warrants against Israeli leaders as a political maneuver to deflect from rape allegations leveled against him.

Netanyahu said the warrants issued against himself and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were “a diversionary tactic” meant to draw attention away from serious personal accusations against Khan.

According to Netanyahu, Khan had originally planned to visit Israel last year after international media raised claims of alleged Israeli war crimes. Before canceling his visit, Khan praised Israel’s independent judiciary for investigating such accusations on its own. But on the very same day he was due to arrive, Netanyahu recounted, Khan suddenly canceled the trip and announced his request for arrest warrants against Israel’s top officials.

"Months later we learned the truth,” Netanyahu said. “Days before his scheduled visit, a member of his staff accused him of rape and sexual assault. He feared his career would collapse in disgrace. To save himself, he concocted a plan: deflect attention from his own scandal by scapegoating Israel with false charges of war crimes.”

Netanyahu added that since then, another woman has come forward with similar allegations, and Khan has been suspended from his post, but the “baseless and illegitimate warrants” against Israel remain in force.

“They must be revoked immediately so that truth and justice prevail,” he insisted.

The prime minister further argued that Israel has delivered over two million tons of aid into Gaza , “a ton for every person”, and accused Hamas of stealing much of it while using civilians as human shields.

Netanyahu concluded by thanking the Trump administration and U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio for imposing sanctions on Khan and other ICC officials:

“These arrest warrants are a travesty of justice. If Israel is denied the right to fight terror, then no democracy is safe.”