Pro-Israel activists gather near the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the decision at The Hague 'rightly rejected the outrageous demand to deny' Israel the right to basic self-defence. Photograph: Patrick Post/AP Israeli leaders and commentators reacted Friday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision with a sigh of relief, focusing on the fact that the judges declined to call on Israel to stop the war. Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the decision at The Hague “rightly rejected the outrageous demand to deny” Israel the right to basic self-defence, to which it was entitled as...