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From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 20, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 20, 2024
Official tells ToI: Allegations against Netanyahu, Gallant a ‘baseless blood libel’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, May 6, 2024. (Amir Cohen / POOL / AFP)
After the International Criminal Court prosecutor said he is seeking arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that Karim Khan’s “baseless blood libel against Israel has crossed a red line in his lawfare efforts against the lone Jewish state and the only democracy in the Middle East.”
“The blood libel will not deter Israel from defending itself and accomplishing all its just war objectives,” says the official.
Netanyahu will issue a video statement later in the day, says the official.
