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Lisa's avatar

Regarding: “Having all of this come out is the only way for the court to move forward with any integrity.”

That statement could have made sense, if anything had come out.

People who did NOT provide any comment:

• The alleged victim

• The accused

• The deputy prosecutor

• The spokesperson for the court

• A senior advisor at the ICC

• Any of the outside experts

• The accused's wife

Sources:

• Office rumour about a complaint

• Anonymous Twitter account

• ?

A timeline might have been useful. The accusation was made before arrest warrants were announced, but did the accusation come before or after the investigation leading to those arrest warrants was started?

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Marian Hobson's avatar

Smoke makes every one cough and feel ill. This may be well be what was intended. But the only way forward is investigation i), of the accousations against Mr. Kahn and ii) of the ICC's report arguing for the indictments of Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Gallant, and of the Hamas Leadership who have assumed responsibilitiy for the group after the deaths of the named 3.

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Lisa's avatar

You call to investigate Kahn, the ICC, and whomever is left alive in charge of Hamas... not a single Israeli: Just the investigator, the investigation, and (since Israel has preemptively executed the three people who were indicted alongside Israel's highest ranking genocidal monsters) you call to investigate/hunt/browse for whomever ELSE there might be, leading Hamas, for Israel to assassinate.

Genocidal maniacs are happy to stall, until starvation has finished off ALL of Palestine's children, and permanently crippled all of Palestine's adults.

Not long now, right?

Palestine's children — the brightest lights in a truly admirable society — are dying like flies. Meanwhile, you fuck around, looking for diversions, and excuses for foot-dragging.

The investigation into Thug-1 & Thug-2, was MORE than fair to the genocidal, apartheid, terrorist-state of Israel. The "game" is to make sure that no Palestinian is left alive by the time you're forced to admit that fact, right?

We are not new to Israel's favourite manner of slander... and nothing Kahn is accused of, should slow (let alone take priority over) the effort to stop Israel's inhumanly-sadistic genocide.

You do you, but those of us who are on the side of HUMANITY, should try not to let the smoke deprive our brains of oxygen.

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Yousef's avatar

I agree with Lisa and I'm quite disappointed with Dropsite news appearing to follow the herd of media outlets providing such low-quality reporting that honestly feels tabloid-esque.

Given the suspicious timing and context of the accusations against Khan and the lack of any evidence for the accusations (just hearsay) there was no compelling need to re-hash what all the other F-rate media outlets are saying.

We expect - and paid - for an independent media outlet that would do justice to the issues at hand. If the investigation against Khan has any meat to it then that would be worth reporting - but a complaint, a random person named "Lynch", whose name is peppered throughout the article without clear reference to his role in the ICC? No investigative work on intimidation tactics used against the accusers, against the possible victim of false accusation, no discussion of the undermining of the ICC by major powers worldwide and the context of these accusations?? This piece was SO low quality and if this continues I'm not renewing my subscription. I suspect many here share that sentiment.

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