Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, he lamented that when the Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II, his people "were totally defenseless" because no nation came to their aid.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will not stop fighting in Gaza until it defeats Hamas irrespective of the pressure on his government to stop the war.
Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, he lamented that when the Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II, his people "were totally defenseless" because no nation came to their aid.
Responding to reports that the International Criminal Court in The Hague could issue arrest warrants for some of Israel's top officials - including him - Netanyahu says that such actions "undermine" Israelis' "most basic right" to defend themselves and places "a grave stain on the mere concept of international justice."
"From here in Jerusalem, I am sending a very clear-cut message: you will not chain our hands and even if Israel has to stand alone, it will stand alone and will continue to fight our enemies until victory," he declares.
According to the Times of Israel, the prime minister laments that his people were defenseless during the Holocaust.
Switching from Hebrew to English, he says, "Today again, we face enemies bent on our destruction. I say to the leaders of the world: no amount of pressure... will stop Israel from defending itself. As prime minister, I pledge here today from Jerusalem on this Holocaust Remembrance Day, if Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone."
"We will defeat our genocidal enemies. Never again is now," he states.
Switching back to Hebrew, Netanyahu says "During the Holocaust, we were muted and defenseless. We will not go back to those dark times."
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