{"id":249,"date":"2026-05-25T03:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/05\/25\/fatou-bensouda-on-israeli-threats-against-her-and-the-icc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:39:40","slug":"fatou-bensouda-on-israeli-threats-against-her-and-the-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Fatou Bensouda on Israeli threats against her and the ICC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-page article__featured-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-media__image-wrap\">\n<div class=\"video-shadow\">\n<div class=\"pre_video-wrapper\"><button class=\"pre_video-play-button\" type=\"button\" title=\"play video\" aria-label=\"Click here to play video\"><title>play video<\/title><title>play video<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1779645836.jpg?resize=730%2C410&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-icon-parent\">\n<div class=\"post-icon__container post-icon--large\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds <\/span><title>play-arrow<\/title><span class=\"post-icon__text\">28:00<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead u-inline \">The court\u2019s former chief prosecutor says justice is being sacrificed to political interests.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"wysiwyg-content__read-more\" aria-label=\"Read more summary\">Read more<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content u-hidden\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Fatou Bensouda, former International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, discusses the threats, pressure and sanctions she faced while pursuing investigations on Palestine. She says Israel wanted the investigations stopped, describes feeling unsupported by ICC member states and warns that international justice is being sacrificed to political interests. Bensouda also reflects on US sanctions, accusations of ICC double standards and whether leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can ever be brought before the court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<p><title>share-nodes<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-share__links rich-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__social rich-share__social--row\"><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F7scis1\"><title>facebook<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Fatou%20Bensouda%20on%20Israeli%20threats%20against%20her%20and%20the%20ICC&amp;source=sharethiscom&amp;related=sharethis&amp;via=AJEnglish&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F7scis1\"><title>x<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row u-hidden--desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" href=\"\/\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2F7scis1\"><title>whatsapp-stroke<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row copylink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Copy link\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/7scis1\"><title>copylink<\/title><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>play videoplay video Video Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow28:00 The court\u2019s former chief prosecutor says justice is being sacrificed to political interests. 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