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<\/a><\/p>\nResponding to the International Court of Justice\u2019s order demanding it halt Rafah operations to endanger Palestinian civilians, Israeli politicians accuse the tribunal of antisemitism and support for terrorism.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere should only be one answer to the irrelevant order of the antisemitic court in The Hague: the occupation of Rafah, the increase of military pressure and the complete defeat of Hamas,\u201d tweets National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. \u201cOur future does not depend on what the gentiles will say, but on what the Jews will do,\u201d he adds, quoting Israel\u2019s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.<\/p>\n
Had this \u201cantisemitic court\u201d been active during the Holocaust, \u201cit would undoubtedly have issued orders against the Allies,\u201d declares Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf who is in Ben Gvir\u2019s party.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who demand that the State of Israel stop the war, demand that it decree the cessation of its existence \u2014 we will not agree to that,\u201d argues Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. \u201cWe will continue to fight for ourselves and for the entire free world. History will judge who today stood by the Nazis of Hamas and ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some opposition politicians also blast the court\u2019s ruling while at the same time criticizing the Netanyahu government for mismanaging the war and the legal battle over it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I warned, the decision of the Israeli government to appear before the International Court of Justice in The Hague was a serious mistake,\u201d says Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe court\u2019s decision today proves that various UN institutions and also the International Criminal Court in The Hague have become aides to terrorists all over the world and their entire role is to deter democratic countries in their fight against terrorist organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael is the one that was brutally attacked from Gaza and had to defend itself against a horrible terrorist organization that murdered children, raped women and still fires rockets at innocent civilians,\u201d says Opposition Leader Yair Lapid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no country in the world that would not react with force to such an attack. This verdict could and should have been prevented. A sane and professional government would have prevented [incendiary] statements from ministers and stopped criminals who burn aid trucks,\u201d he declares.<\/p>\n
For its part, the left-wing, majority-Arab Hadash party calls on the government to adhere to the ICJ ruling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Israeli government must accept the verdict and stop the operation in Rafah immediately. But this is not enough \u2013 it must act to end the entire war and a hostage\/prisoner exchange agreement that will result in a lasting and permanent ceasefire,\u201d the Hadash party says in a statement.<\/p>\n
The international community must \u201cact against Israel as a criminal state, and immediately recognize an independent Palestinian state,\u201d the party adds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n