Will a British ICC chief prosecutor be brave enough to investigate the UK and its allies?

LONDON: As British barrister Karim Khan QC begins his term as International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, his first steps should be to proceed with investigations into alleged war crimes involving UK allies in Afghanistan and Palestine.

Last month, following months of heightened violations of the human rights of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups into Israel, Israeli forces carried out airstrikes targeting residential buildings in Gaza, killing entire families.