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Cameron told the CPI chief prosecutor Karim Khan that the request for arrest terms against Israeli officials would be like a “hydrogen bomb,” said the media report.
Several legislators of the United Kingdom have criticized the previous government for allegations in a recent media report that the former Foreign Secretary, David Cameron, “threatened privately” to finance and withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his plans to issue arrest mandates against Israeli officials concerning alleged war crimes in Gaza.
THE reportPublished Monday by the Outlet Middle East Eye (MEE), based in the United Kingdom, cited sources with a knowledge of a phone call that Cameron would have made to the chief prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, on April 23, 2024, after having given a prior opinion of his intention to postulate for the Warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then the Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
The MEE report quoted anonymous sources, including the former staff of the Khan office, and had seen minutes of the conversation, saying that Cameron warned the arrest warrants, which were issuing In November of the same year, would – in the quotes reported by sources – to “drop a hydrogen bomb”, warning that if the ICC continued, the United Kingdom “would swap the court and retire from the status of Rome”.
Khan would have supported his land, sources telling me that he then said that he did not like to “be under pressure”. “I will not say if it increases the blackmail-I do not like to be threatened,” he said, adding that the government “would dislike” the United Kingdom with its clear attack on the independence of the court and the rule of international law.
Neither Khan nor Cameron, who was Prime Minister between 2010 and 2016, and is now in the House of Lords as a peer of life, commented the report.
Following the publication of the report, Labor Party Zarah Sultana said on X that Cameron “and each British minister accomplice of the weapons and activation of the Israel genocide in Gaza” should be the subject of an investigation.
David Cameron – And each British minister accomplice to arm and allow the genocide of Israel in Gaza – must be the subject of an investigation for war crimes. https://t.co/yycsmfg1bn
– Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) particles June 9, 2025
The deputy for the Scottish National Party, Chris Law, said that the allegations were “shocking”, but added that the country “saw no better in work”.
Shocking that the Tory Govt tried to undermine the International Criminal Court for investigating those responsible for war crimes in Gaza. However, do not see much better in work # Gazagenocide https://t.co/wd3nk9ukhv
– Chris Law MP (@chrislawsnp) June 9, 2025
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, a Labor MP, called for an “independent investigation into the role of the United Kingdom in the Gaza genocide”.
With regard to new allegations, who suggest that the last foreign secretary has tried to protect Israeli leaders to face justice for war crimes.
We need an independent investigation into the role of the United Kingdom in the Gaza genocide.https://t.co/jrobhyqtdo
– Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (@Bellribéiroaddy) June 9, 2025
Zack Polanski, the deputy leader of the Green Party, was cited by MEE as saying: “It was clear that everyone to see that the government and the current government resisted the oppressors, not the marginalized.”
When the ICC requested arrest warrants in May of last year, the former government of the Conservative Party, a solid funder of Israel, deceased This decision as “not useful in relation to a break in the fighting, to get out of the hostages or to obtain humanitarian aid”.
In July, the new Labor government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, abandoned The previous offer of the government led by Rishi Sunak to challenge the power of the ICC to request the mandates, which were issued for Netanyahu, Gallant and three leaders of Hamas in November.
