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Minister slams appointment of Barak to Hague genocide hearing: He does not represent us
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu attends the funeral of Israeli soldier Moshe Yedidia Leiter, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on November 12, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party joins the voices slamming the appointment of retired Supreme Court president Aharon Barak as Israel’s appointee to the 15-judge panel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague that will this week hear South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
Eliyahu tells the Ynet news site that Barak, 87, “holds a worldview that harms the IDF. His positions and values destroyed the IDF’s deterrence.”
“We should not lie, he doesn’t represent us,” Eliyahu says.
Barak has long been reviled by many on the hard-right for his activist judicial approach.
