Bericht: Katar hat angeboten, sich wegen des Haftbefehls gegen Netanyahu um den ICC-Ankläger zu kümmern

Original source to this news, but paywalled: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/karim-khan-icc-prosecutor-benjamin-netanyahu-qatar-israel-7b62d474

A report claims Qatar allegedly offered to “take care of” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan if he pursued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, based on an affidavit and recordings cited by the Wall Street Journal.

Reminder and summary of how this developed so far:

The accusations were first made when Karim cancelled the ICC’s fact finding mission, despite Israel’s full cooperation with his investigation. And went instead on public TV, against all regular protocol, to surprisingly announce arrest warrants against Israeli war-time leaders.

These actions confused many. Including the Biden’s administration and people like Blinken, who then implied this seems political rather than legally motivated.

Later we’ve learned about the sexual assault cases that were apparently about to come out. With a strong possibility that Karim’s actions were motivated by trying to suppress allegations due to what he probably hoped (And was partially correct) would be a popular political move to attack Israel.

Apparently he even tried to suppress the allegations against him, by asking the victim to think about how this will „Harm Palestine“.

Lately, Member states of the International Criminal Court voted to move forward with disciplinary proceedings against chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual assault allegations, with 15 in favor, two abstentions, and four against. Khan has taken leave and denies the accusations.

And now, we are learning that Qatar pushed him to act, promising to take care of him. Very interesting to see how those institutions work.

More information:

[Second woman accuses ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct](https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug/28/second-woman-accuses-icc-chief-prosecutor-karim-khan-of-sexual-misconduct)

[ICC prosecutor allegedly tried to suppress sexual misconduct claims against him
](https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/oct/27/icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-allegedly-tried-suppress-sexual-misconduct-claims)

[ICC votes to advance disciplinary measures against prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual assault claims](https://www.jpost.com/international/article-891941)

If he didn’t make the public prosecution announcement someone else would have done it at some point as there were multiple people who were after Netanyahu in his office, including his main accusor herself. Which is why he told her not to make the case against him. As if he’s the lone prosecutor/judge who pushed for it.

He would have been quietly told to leave his job. Then spun a tale about wanting to spend more time with his family. The production against him would be a low-tier news story not even all his friends would have heard about. Maybe it would be fully buried even.

Unless he truly relies on huge economic support from Qatar the whole thing seems foolish. Men are fired for sexual abuse in office thousands times each day. It happens in all big companies regularly. And most of these cases don’t make big media and they can find new jobs or live in peace. Why he wanted this battle is hard to understand.