.KARIM KHAN said he would take “resolve” as well as “endurance” to the work of chief district attorney at the International Thug Court (ICC). The English barrister will certainly need those qualities as he faces the political firestorm that he brought on by applying for apprehension warrants for Israel’s head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, and protection administrator, Yoav Gallant, along with three innovators of Hamas. Mr Khan says he has “practical reasons” to believe they are responsible for unlawful acts against humankind and battle criminal activities, including, in the Israelis’ instance, making use of “malnourishment as a weapon of war”.