Rising to the attack: President Yitzhak Herzog reacted for the first time today (Sunday) to the decision of the International Court of Justice in The Hague and called it a "blood plot". Herzog, whose statements against terrorism in Gaza were mentioned in the decision, believes that his words were distorted.
According to Herzog, "Israel has a full right to defend itself, and it will continue to be absolutely committed to the security of its citizens. This is a right anchored in the most essential foundations of international law; and in general, anyone with eyes in their head can see that Israel is acting according to international humanitarian law.
Netanyahu on the statements that were used by the prosecution in The Hague: "These things have no meaning, the government and the cabinet decide" // Photo: L.A.M.
"The very discussion at the court in The Hague - on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day - about whether the democratic, moral, responsible State of Israel, which rose from the ashes of the Holocaust with the overwhelming support of the family of nations and its institutions, is committing genocide - is tantamount to a blood plot that undermines the very values on which they are based The Hague Tribunal was established," he wrote.
Herzog emphasized that "there is something shocking in seeing how the "post-truth" phenomenon has permeated even the most important institutions. Even on a personal level, the way they distorted my words, using very, very partial and fragmented parts of them; use intended to support an unfounded legal construction - provoked I am disgusted."
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