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Israeli President Blasts ICJ's Portrayal of His Remarks
(Ha'aretz) Jonathan Lis - Israel's President Isaac Herzog accused the International Court of Justice on Sunday of misrepresenting his words in its ruling on Friday. The court referenced remarks by Herzog made shortly after the Oct. 7 attack, telling a news conference on Oct. 12 that "an entire nation" was responsible for the massacre. Herzog had said: "The entire nation is responsible. This rhetoric of 'unaware, uninvolved civilians' is not true. They could've resisted, they could've fought this evil regime that took over Gaza." On Sunday, Herzog said, "I was disgusted by the way they twisted my words, using very, very partial and fragmented quotes, with the intention of supporting a fabricated legal contention." "The reality cannot be ignored, a reality which we all saw with our own eyes as published by Hamas on that cursed day, and that was the involvement of many residents of Gaza in the slaughter, in the looting, and in the riots of October 7. How the crowds in Gaza cheered at the sight of Israelis being slaughtered and their bodies mutilated. At the sight of hostages - God knows what they did to them - wounded and bleeding, being dragged through the streets."