Author: Yuval Abraham

In partnership with A joint investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian has uncovered Israel’s covert surveillance operation targeting senior International Criminal Court officials and Palestinian human rights workers to obstruct the ICC’s probe into alleged war crimes. The operation, ongoing since 2015, involved monitoring the court’s chief prosecutors, Palestinian submissions, and employees of key human rights organizations. Israeli intelligence aimed to influence the ICC’s decisions and undermine its authority through various means. The surveillance information was used to sway ICC officials, including former prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, and to retroactively open investigations to counter ICC inquiries. Mossad ran…