Prime Minister of Israel during the Gaza campaign; quoted in this record on military objectives and rhetoric contested as genocidal intent.
Financing
personGovernment salary.
Likud party; leads the wartime coalition.
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Leads the wartime coalition denying genocide allegations before the ICJ. Quotes in this record are cited in intent analyses by South Africa, UN experts, and NGOs — characterizations he rejects. Domestic corruption trial ongoing at time of writing (separate from genocide proceedings).
Primary-source official statements; legal characterization of quotes as evidence of genocidal intent is disputed.
On the record
Verbatim quotations in this project attributed to this person.
Case: gaza palestinians 2023 →“Remember what Amalek did to you.”
Case: gaza palestinians 2023 →“We will take mighty vengeance for this black day... We will turn all the places where Hamas is organized, this city of evil, into ruins. I say to the residents of Gaza: get out of there now.”
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Sources & disclosures
- Letter to soldiers (Amalek reference) — Prime Minister's Office