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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Herzog: ICC action against Israel would harm democracies’ fight against terror
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Amid growing concern among Israel’s leadership that the International Criminal Court in The Hague could soon issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu and other top officials, President Isaac Herzog decries any potential attempts to “abuse international legal institutions – including the ICC – to deny the state of Israel its basic rights. ”
“As I have reiterated over the last months to leaders from around the world: Israel has the full right and duty to free our hostages and defend our citizens,” writes the president on X.
“The state of Israel, our military, and security forces are working tirelessly to achieve these goals, operating totally in accordance with international law,” he continues. “I unequivocally object to any attempt to abuse international legal institutions – including the ICC – to deny the state of Israel its basic rights. We have an independent and robust judicial system that knows how to investigate as needed.”
Herzog says that any such actions “will only serve to tie the hands of all free and democratic nations in the fight against terror.”
As I have reiterated over the last months to leaders from around the world: Israel has the full right and duty to free our hostages and defend our citizens.
The state of Israel, our military, and security forces are working tirelessly to achieve these goals, operating totally…
— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) April 30, 2024
