Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to suggest that his country would refuse to follow any ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague in a blistering speech today.
The Israeli PM defended his country against what he called “hypocritical attacks” from those who have condemned the war in Gaza as genocide.
He insisted that the fighting in Gaza will continue despite a skyrocketing death toll among the Palestinians.
Earlier this week, Oxfam claimed that the daily death toll of Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses that of any other major conflict in the 21st century.
However, Mr Netanyahu was resolute today, saying: “No one will stop us. Not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil, no one.”
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Speaking from the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, the Israeli PM continued: “We are on the path to victory and we will not stop until we achieve victory.
“We will not compromise and we will not stop.”
He described South Africa’s genocide allegations against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague as “a moral low in the history of nations”.
Mr Netanyahu accused South Africa of supporting “baby-burners” and “the new Nazis”.
The court is currently in deliberation after hearing arguments from both Israel and South Africa.
However, the Israeli PM’s handling of the war has sparked a backlash at home, after thousands of demonstrators poured onto the streets of Haifa and Tel Aviv this evening to call for early elections.
Speaking at the Haifa rally, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon, a Netanyahu ally-turned-critic, accused him of creating the circumstances that allowed Hamas to launch the October 7 attack.
Dozens of protests blocked a highway in Tel Aviv as they called for Benjamin Netanyahu to leave office.
Today also saw massive pro-Palestinian rallies in world capitals including London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Washington DC.
Around 1,700 Metropolitan officers were on duty to police the seventh National March for Palestine in London
Sunday marks the hundredth day since the beginning of the war.
