Millions of people around the world will now find themselves even more exposed to the criminal actions of predatory states. Unlike Khan's accuser, they are unlikely to ever get their day in court
Clearly, you are biased, as you cite The Guardian and Al Jazeera as your sources. You also draw your own conclusions, notwithstanding the ICC has not convicted him: "Were Netanyahu ever to face trial – and found guilty, as he almost certainly would be..."
We always had the law of the jungle. Otherwise Bush Sr & Jr, Obama, Clinton, Trump, Biden, Blair, Jack Straw, Starmer, Lammy & Co would all be in shackles at the Hague a long time ago. And to underline how the law of the jungle works: Duterte was charged by the ICC.... for what Trump and Hegseth are doing in the caribbean right now.
What's changed is Kahn attempted to prosecute the imperial war crminals that previously the ICC never messed with. He picked to strart, what he calculated to as an undelring in the "western" heirarchy. And was swatted back. Probably because said person appears to actually be Trump's boss and in effect shadow boss of the so called west.
ISRAEL is an clear and present threat to British sovereignty and to the world (escalating towards general as well as wider regional war), as well as an existential threat to the Palestinian people.
It is a sick culture engaged in gross crimes of utter depravity, boasting of it and demanding more.
'..."I think now, after they killed one Israeli, we need to kill all the people in Tal and Sarra, even Jit and Farata," he [Israeli settler defence lawyer Yehuda Simon] said, naming the Palestinian villages closest to the outpost.
'I put it to him that he was equating one Jewish life with hundreds or even thousands of Palestinian lives
"No," he said, "millions. One Jewish life, it's 10 million [Palestinians]."...'
'...Challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it.
"Yes, I know," he replied. "But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous"...'
From BBC NEWS ONLINE report by Lucy Williamson posted August 1st, 2026 (still up now on site Middle East News page)
"Israel must be eliminated at all costs, everything else is irrelevant" is NOT 'typical leftist'.
Given what Israel was at its founding and what it has grown (mestastisised) into now, it would be logical to conclude IT SHOULD BE.
Meanwhile these sociopathic pariahs are the very ones committing atrocities and abhorrent sexual abuse. It is so discouraging, all this behavior that is so much the opposite of a just and caring world.
Just pointing out the U.S. is now equally culpable and has a dual interest in dismantling the ICC. And apparently murder is afoot in client states to protect them.
Was correspondence found after Lindsay Graham died, verifying he and Netanyahu discussed this issue about setting up Khan. I read it on American source but cannot find it. I cannot therefore know if it's true. Has anyone else seen this anywhere. People are so frightened of sexual crimes or being accused, I think it stops them actually looking at the circumstances and not hearing there was no real evidence.
Thanks. I subscribe because you write articles like this. Of course, it was clear what had happened to Khan, but I needed to know the details, which confirmed every suspicion one might have. So many have suffered because they threatened the narrative developed and asserted by the western powers and its subservient media
No wonder Khan hesitated before acting. He knew the risks he ran.
Is anyone familiar with Erving Goffman? in "Asylums" (1961) he described the four ways that people respond to institutions, intransigence, psychosis, colonisation and playing it cool. Only those who can play it cool can limit the harm that institutions do to people. As Tory scum, he would have been given more latitude than most and treated as someone who plays it cool. Because he put his foot down and kept it there, he was re-assessed as intransigent and run over with a gold-plated steam roller.
Concocting defamation stories is easy when Western corporate media is run by a wealthy cabal. Julian Assange among others can testify to that. By the way, they also have complete control of your government.
A warrant for Trump's arrest should have been issued following the murder of 120 school children on the 28th February 2026. The West has sunk lower than the gutter.
The Mossad is protecting the West's political leaders from being held accountable for their actions.
The Mossad is the enforcement arm of the globe spanning, genocide committing Mafia empire known as "the West" led by a syndicate of criminal politicians, bankers, capitalists and spies in Washington, London, Tel Aviv, Paris, Berlin and Kiev (add capitals as you see fit).
PS: Thank you, Mr. Cook, for another brilliantly researched and written article.
It’s shamefully true that the victims of one place and time can and sometimes do become the victimizers of another place and time. We saw this with Israel's decades-long serious abuse of Palestinians, and we’re especially seeing this with the atrocities committed against Palestine during the last few years.
Many human beings are perceived and treated as though they are literally disposable and, by extension, their great suffering and numerous deaths are somehow less worthy of external concern, sometimes even by otherwise democratic, relatively civilized and supposedly Christian nations.
It clearly is an immoral consideration of ‘quality’ of life and people, yet it is much easier for a conscience to allow when the victimized are essentially seen as an innately much lower lifeform who also look different from us.
Yet, disturbingly, there may be a potential monster deep down in all of us that, under the just-right circumstances, can be unleashed — and maybe even more so when convinced that ‘God is on our side’.
Clearly, you are biased, as you cite The Guardian and Al Jazeera as your sources. You also draw your own conclusions, notwithstanding the ICC has not convicted him: "Were Netanyahu ever to face trial – and found guilty, as he almost certainly would be..."
Dear Jonathan,
Many thanks for this excellent article. I was out of town, so I'm late with your articles.
This one is very disgusting. Every state can be victimized by criminal and predatory powerful states.
We always had the law of the jungle. Otherwise Bush Sr & Jr, Obama, Clinton, Trump, Biden, Blair, Jack Straw, Starmer, Lammy & Co would all be in shackles at the Hague a long time ago. And to underline how the law of the jungle works: Duterte was charged by the ICC.... for what Trump and Hegseth are doing in the caribbean right now.
What's changed is Kahn attempted to prosecute the imperial war crminals that previously the ICC never messed with. He picked to strart, what he calculated to as an undelring in the "western" heirarchy. And was swatted back. Probably because said person appears to actually be Trump's boss and in effect shadow boss of the so called west.
Just an excellent piece of journalism
A return to the horrors of war when man becomes inhuman indeed .
It is a horrible time to have children and grandchildren knowing it’s your fault for being unable to keep them safe anymore
I noted The Canary tweeted ‘Good’ when he was booted out. A typical liberal response. 🤦♀️
ISRAEL is an clear and present threat to British sovereignty and to the world (escalating towards general as well as wider regional war), as well as an existential threat to the Palestinian people.
It is a sick culture engaged in gross crimes of utter depravity, boasting of it and demanding more.
'..."I think now, after they killed one Israeli, we need to kill all the people in Tal and Sarra, even Jit and Farata," he [Israeli settler defence lawyer Yehuda Simon] said, naming the Palestinian villages closest to the outpost.
'I put it to him that he was equating one Jewish life with hundreds or even thousands of Palestinian lives
"No," he said, "millions. One Jewish life, it's 10 million [Palestinians]."...'
'...Challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it.
"Yes, I know," he replied. "But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous"...'
From BBC NEWS ONLINE report by Lucy Williamson posted August 1st, 2026 (still up now on site Middle East News page)
"Israel must be eliminated at all costs, everything else is irrelevant" is NOT 'typical leftist'.
Given what Israel was at its founding and what it has grown (mestastisised) into now, it would be logical to conclude IT SHOULD BE.
UK PRIME MINISTER ANDREW BURNHAM MP is (in the rightwing-nut 'Overton Window' measure of today's political and media culture) a 'radical leftist'.
He is a long-standing member of the party and Parliamentary group LABOUR FRIENDS of ISRAEL.
Typical leftist. "Israel must be eliminated at all costs, everything else is irrelevant."
Meanwhile these sociopathic pariahs are the very ones committing atrocities and abhorrent sexual abuse. It is so discouraging, all this behavior that is so much the opposite of a just and caring world.
Trump and Hegseth and in fact the entire chain of US military command, are presently prosecutable by the ICC thanks to the Caribbean and East Pacific boat strikes. It looks like that may be why a prosecutor was just murdered in Ecuador 🇪🇨: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor-investigating-ecuador-boat-strikes-murdered
They are at risk for 200 plus murder charges, and more by the looks of it. https://therevolutionismybf.substack.com/p/narcoterrorist-the-eventuated-war
Plenty of former JAGs and legal experts in the U.S. have had the temerity to say so. Witness the website Just Security and others: https://youtube.com/shorts/jqWscykfZlY?is=8uIk-R2w5q9rxPRC
Just pointing out the U.S. is now equally culpable and has a dual interest in dismantling the ICC. And apparently murder is afoot in client states to protect them.
Was correspondence found after Lindsay Graham died, verifying he and Netanyahu discussed this issue about setting up Khan. I read it on American source but cannot find it. I cannot therefore know if it's true. Has anyone else seen this anywhere. People are so frightened of sexual crimes or being accused, I think it stops them actually looking at the circumstances and not hearing there was no real evidence.
Thanks. I subscribe because you write articles like this. Of course, it was clear what had happened to Khan, but I needed to know the details, which confirmed every suspicion one might have. So many have suffered because they threatened the narrative developed and asserted by the western powers and its subservient media
No wonder Khan hesitated before acting. He knew the risks he ran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylums_(book)
Is anyone familiar with Erving Goffman? in "Asylums" (1961) he described the four ways that people respond to institutions, intransigence, psychosis, colonisation and playing it cool. Only those who can play it cool can limit the harm that institutions do to people. As Tory scum, he would have been given more latitude than most and treated as someone who plays it cool. Because he put his foot down and kept it there, he was re-assessed as intransigent and run over with a gold-plated steam roller.
Concocting defamation stories is easy when Western corporate media is run by a wealthy cabal. Julian Assange among others can testify to that. By the way, they also have complete control of your government.
A warrant for Trump's arrest should have been issued following the murder of 120 school children on the 28th February 2026. The West has sunk lower than the gutter.
How sad, how corrupt! Where do we go from here when it is not possible to prevent
this genocide taking place in Gaza . ...when it is not possible to prosecute the war mongers.
Thank you Jonathan for this excellent piece!
Israel does the Political West's "dirty work".
The Mossad is protecting the West's political leaders from being held accountable for their actions.
The Mossad is the enforcement arm of the globe spanning, genocide committing Mafia empire known as "the West" led by a syndicate of criminal politicians, bankers, capitalists and spies in Washington, London, Tel Aviv, Paris, Berlin and Kiev (add capitals as you see fit).
PS: Thank you, Mr. Cook, for another brilliantly researched and written article.
It’s shamefully true that the victims of one place and time can and sometimes do become the victimizers of another place and time. We saw this with Israel's decades-long serious abuse of Palestinians, and we’re especially seeing this with the atrocities committed against Palestine during the last few years.
Many human beings are perceived and treated as though they are literally disposable and, by extension, their great suffering and numerous deaths are somehow less worthy of external concern, sometimes even by otherwise democratic, relatively civilized and supposedly Christian nations.
It clearly is an immoral consideration of ‘quality’ of life and people, yet it is much easier for a conscience to allow when the victimized are essentially seen as an innately much lower lifeform who also look different from us.
Yet, disturbingly, there may be a potential monster deep down in all of us that, under the just-right circumstances, can be unleashed — and maybe even more so when convinced that ‘God is on our side’.
Free for all is set in motion once again!