Netanyahu made the decision at the last minute, as Israel had to respond to the court by midnight on Wednesday regarding appealing the arrest warrants.
France was intended to serve the same role as the US in helping to enforce the ceasefire.
“To me, that was a breach of his own principle of cooperation, let alone also the principle of complementarity,” he emphasized.
"France would apply as always international law," he noted, adding it is "ultimately up to the judicial authorities to decide."
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