A new investigation by The Guardian and +972 Magazine has revealed that former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen threatened and pressured former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to abandon a war crimes investigation into Israel. The report details a series of secret meetings where Cohen allegedly threatened Bensouda's security and that of her family. Additionally, Israeli intelligence reportedly spied on Bensouda and her family, obtaining transcripts of secret recordings of her husband to discredit her. The investigation also uncovered that Israel conducted cyberespionage operations against the ICC for nine years, aiming to intimidate the court and disrupt investigations into potential Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly obsessed with the operation and received constant updates on its progress. The secret war against the ICC was waged in various locations, including Kinshasa and New York. Bensouda, who initially closed the Mavi Marmara case, is now Gambia's ambassador to the UK. Current ICC prosecutor Karim Khan was also reportedly hacked and surveilled.
One intelligence source said that Netanyahu was “obsessed” with intercepts acquired by the intelligence agencies from the ICC https://t.co/MILQaNPZt4
"Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry". Summary: smug gangsters too incompetent to organise orgy in a brothel https://t.co/ImqXYrIH9X
ICC Prosecutor was threatened by the Mossad over inquiry into Israeli war crimes. Israel continues to prove its a rogue state with no respect towards International Law https://t.co/6Bw46TCkJv
Faking accountability: Israel used its surveillance of ICC prosecutors "to retroactively open investigations into incidents that were of interest to the ICC, to try to prove that Israel’s legal system is capable of holding its own to account." It isn't. https://t.co/Tmryw5Ckd4
Netanyahu received advanced knowledge of the ICC's prosecutor's plans for him as a result of surveillance and hacking carried out by his intelligence agencies https://t.co/u3dr1BySxQ
New report filed by the Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call reveals a pattern of spying, hacking, and intimidation tactics employed by Israel's intelligence agencies to undermine the ICC's investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza / @RachelSFink https://t.co/Hwth8P25vj
Israeli intelligence hacked and surveilled court prosecutor Karim Khan giving forewarning of arrest warrant plans https://t.co/iA3Ker3m2V
Head if Israel’s spy agency Mossad reportedly “stalked” former ICC Chief Prosecutor Falou Bensouda, warning her of “security” of her family, if she pursued Palestine war crimes inquiry, and trying to use “transcripts of secret recordings” of her husband. https://t.co/M0lVHu80BY
NEW: Investigation from @972mag + @guardian. "Israel has been surveilling senior International Criminal Court officials and Palestinian human rights workers [for 9 years] as part of a secret operation to thwart the ICC’s probe into alleged war crimes." https://t.co/KVVzvciIAm
Mossad also closely observed Bensouda’s family, obtaining transcripts of secret recordings of her husband in a bid to use them to discredit her, two sources allege. https://t.co/DPoOE5UMuf
A major investigation reveals that since Palestine acceded to the ICC war crimes court in 2015: * Israel has been spying on the court continuously, and trying to hack its databases; * Israel has directly threatened ICC officials and their families. Various plots have included…
An Israeli source briefed on the Bensouda case said Mossad's objective was to compromise the prosecutor or enlist her as someone who would cooperate with Israel’s demands https://t.co/wjX9HqYt36
'Obsessed' Netanyahu constantly updated on Israel's operations against ICC https://t.co/8VRlxVxnRG https://t.co/DU5P2tqBuM
🇮🇱🚨‼️ Israel knew the ICC would be a problem! WOW they spied, hacked and cheated the ICC. https://t.co/12sR4fGWbk
“The envelope contained hundreds of dollars in cash and a note with an Israeli phone number. Sources with knowledge of an ICC review into the incident said that Israel was likely to be signalling to the prosecutor that it knew where she lived.” https://t.co/3fnyoaw62q
REPORT Israel spied on the chief prosecutor in The Hague. @N12News I’m assuming if it it’s true, he must have been a security threat. https://t.co/qo0rOuc3oP
The Guardian and +972 mag are reporting that #Israel tried for years to intimidate #ICC prosecutor's office. Unbelievable stuff. https://t.co/Jh0bQNqXp9
⚡️The Guardian: “Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed” Holy Shit. https://t.co/wFDbpMBZhv
More: Israel also spied after ICC chief prosecutor until recent months, Guardian also reports, hacking his phone calls and mails https://t.co/UPKRXYxkGQ
Report: Israel spied on ICC and its chief prosecutor until last few months https://t.co/cIQULEfd7K
This took months: Israeli intelligence surveilled top ICC officials, human rights groups, and Palestinian victims whose testimonies were sent to the court, with Netanyahu 'obsessed' with the secret war. With @harryfoxdavies, @mck_beth and Meron Rapoport https://t.co/QeUtT018By
Israel allegedly conducted cyberespionage operations on International Criminal Court (ICC) for 9 years. Allegedly to intimidate the ICC and disrupt investigations into potential Israeli war crimes in Gaza. https://t.co/ibn485TvIT https://t.co/LMCUnWmKIC
This statement will now inevitably be read in light of Mossad efforts to bribe and threaten ICC prosecutors https://t.co/ecQJDAMLum
Mossad chief Yossi Cohen ‘stalked’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry https://t.co/ZWR37eLHK3
A previous investigation of the Mossad’s death threats against ICC prosecutor was censored by Israel. I do remember back then Haaretz promised revelations that then never came https://t.co/V4AyzB87oy
Fatou Bensouda closed the ICC's Mavi Marmara investigation after the Mossad chief threatened to expose her husband and jeopardize her career, promising future support if she complied. She is now Gambia's ambassador to the UK. https://t.co/iy7owfB5Sn
5 years before Israel's dirty intimidation & blackmail campaign against the ICC prosecutor was revealed today, Norman Finkelstein's book "I Accuse" documented thoroughly & compellingly how the ICC prosecutor Bensouda was complicit in whitewashing Israel. Only internal &… https://t.co/jAZySndK6L
Now that we now Israel blackmailed & intimidated the ICC prosecutor for years & threatened her family to stop her investigation (& they initially succeeded), imagine what they have against Uganda's disowned ICJ Judge Sebutinde who's been voting against every single measure on the… https://t.co/109Thi0EMn
A reminder: Israel's now-revealed dirty intimidation & blackmail campaign against the ICC prosecutor did actually work initially as Fatou Bensouda closed down the Mavi Marmara case against Israel & dragged her feet for 5 years on opening an investigation in Palestine, then sent… https://t.co/alNCZE0I6b
Mossad attempted to bribe ICC prosecutor and then threatened her life and security of her family https://t.co/tbz8Sv1pNb
Mossad threatened ICC prosecutor’s life and security of his family. He also attempted to bribe him https://t.co/tbz8Sv1pNb
“Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry”. Quite legitimate for Israel to lobby ICC over this case but why is Mossad the chosen lobbyist and what relevance to the merits of the case is the activities of the prosecutor's husband?…
“Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry”. Quite legitimate for Israel to lobby ICC over this case but why is Mossad the chosen lobbyist and what relevance to the merits of the case is the activities of her husband? https://t.co/bpbL7b28hG
BREAKING: 🇮🇱 Israeli spy chief 'threatened' ICC prosecutor and her family over war crimes inquiry - Guardian According to accounts shared with ICC officials, he is alleged to have told her: "You should help us and let us take care of you. You don't want to be getting into… https://t.co/9e1c7z0qKF
Absolutely incredible article, revealing that the head of Mossad personally threatened the physical safety of the ICC prosecutor and her family: "You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family." https://t.co/xustHwsQdh
Extraordinary if true. @guardian says Mossad chief menaced ICC prosecutor: “You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.” https://t.co/ETE3Gx9Uvf
Former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen Threatened ICC Prosecutor to Drop Israel War Crimes Probe; Netanyahu 'Afraid' https://t.co/GFs9uAerVD
New investigation by the @guardian reveals how the Israeli Mossad threatened former ICC prosecutor Fatima Bensouda to withdraw her investigation into Israeli crimes, including spying on her husband and family members in attempt to find material that can discredit her. https://t.co/FoM4iLO1V7 https://t.co/eaxxib7E0S
Former Mossad head Yossi Cohen reportedly pressured former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to close the investigation of Israeli war crimes, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. https://t.co/WJ6gQQVzmH
This, from @972mag and Guardian, is completely fucking wild. If Netflix showed you Mossad director personally stalking ICC prosecutor, incl walking into a hotel suite where she thought she'd be meeting the President of Congo - you'd be like, nah. And yet. https://t.co/VI5lDrMiut
“You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.” This is what Israel's top spy told the leading ICC prosecutor. Part one of a new investigation by @guardian @972mag and @mekomit https://t.co/hjJCK65Hy4
New: The former head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen threatened the former chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in a series of secret meetings in which he tried to pressure her into abandoning a war crimes investigation https://t.co/bYxmqUBCYx
This story was more than a year in the making. Now @guardian and @972mag can draw back the curtain on Israel’s secret war against the ICC, waged everywhere from Kinshasa to New York. Part 1 here, part 2 out this afternoon: https://t.co/4yZ1nUjrRw