The EU foreign policy chief criticised the Israeli prime minister for bending history and court opinions in his country’s favor, Anadolu Agency reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejected the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on West Bank settlements, Josep Borrell told reporters on his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.

“Well, you can interpret history whatever you want, but we are talking about international law, and you will respect international law,” he lashed out.

He stressed that the advisory opinion said the “occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank is fully illegal and it has to stop.”

The ICJ, “the highest legal body of the United Nations,” sent a “very clear message,” according to Borrell.