I have the distinct impression that the government wishes the International Criminal Court and its chief prosecutor, the British lawyer Karim Khan, would cease to exist. Or perhaps just go away for a bit and shut up. On this issue I’m kind of with the government, but for different reasons.
The ICC has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant. Various European countries have announced that they will abide by this decision and arrest the pair should they suddenly turn up — maybe at a Christmas market in Amsterdam or Verona. Israel, one of our closest allies, is of course outraged. The United States (under its present Democratic Party governance, remember) has denounced the ICC’s