"The Mossad is not a criminal organization. It is a splendid organization that does holy work in the fight against terrorism and other threats to the State of Israel, and we all salute it." ...

​​The recommendation to postpone the debate until after the Turkish elections arose due to concern that this may serve Turkish President Erdoğan’s election campaign.

Israel expects the ICC and its Prosecutor not to yield to Palestinian pressure, and stand firm against continued Palestinian efforts to politicize the Court and to derail it from its mandate.