Yoav Gallant
Israeli politician and former military officer (born 1958)
Photo: Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office of Israel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Aug 18
US imposes sanctions on ICC leadership as President Tomoko Akane warns of threat to global legal order
Washington placed asset freezes and travel bans on ICC President Tomoko Akane and Deputy Prosecutor Abdoulaye Seye, drawing criticism from the UN, EU, Japan, and Senegal.
- Jul 26
Netanyahu accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' after arrest call, plans UN visit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' in a Fox News interview on Sunday, linking the mayor's call for his arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant to the stabbing of a Jewish man on the Upper West Side two days earlier.
- Jul 25
ICC member states vote 82-43 to remove prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual assault claims he denies
The vote by 125 member states on 24 July 2026 follows a finding last month that the British lawyer had an 'inappropriate relationship' with a junior ICC lawyer and comes amid US sanctions on 11 court officials.
- Jul 25
ICC member states dismiss chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations
The Assembly of States Parties voted 82-13 to remove the 56-year-old British prosecutor, who denies assaulting a female subordinate, during a special meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Friday, 24 July 2026.
- Jul 25
ICC Assembly votes 82-13 to remove prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual assault allegations
The 125-member Assembly of States Parties voted 82-13 with 15 abstentions to end Khan's mandate for 'serious misconduct' following allegations by a former colleague.
- Jul 25
ICC member states vote overwhelmingly to remove prosecutor Karim Khan after sexual misconduct allegations
In a secret ballot at UN headquarters, 82 member states voted to dismiss the British prosecutor, who denies allegations of sexual assault by a female staff member.