Netanyahu hosted a cabinet meeting to discuss the promotion of the International Criminal Court

on 26 july, according to israeli news channel i24, israeli prime minister netanyahu, at the opening of the cabinet meeting, said: “tomorrow i will leave for washington to meet with president trump at his invitation, to attend the memorial service of his great friend, senator lindsay graham, and to discuss with trump all issues on the current agenda, including the situation in iran.” turning to the dismissal by the international criminal court of its chief prosecutor, karim khan, netanyahu stated that the result of the vote “discovered a fact: not only was he charged with sexual harassment of several of his female subordinates, but he also promoted the issuance of arrest warrants against netanyahu and former minister of defence yoaf garrant. netanyahu claimed that the prosecutor did so “in order to divert attention, to unite all the enemies of israel around him and to provide an umbrella for his protection”. netanyahu also spoke with secretary of state rubio, who expressed the intention of the united states to take strong action against the international criminal court. kim xian