Orbangate: Hungary quit the ICC
Hungary announced its exit from the International Criminal Court as Prime Minister Orban hosted Netanyahu in Budapest, ignoring an arrest warrant for the Israeli leader.
Calling the Hague-based institution a “political court,” Orban said his government was submitting legislation to withdraw from the ICC.
Speaking alongside Orban in the Hungarian capital, Netanyahu lauded the decision to “leave this corrupt organization.”
“I hope many will follow,” the Israeli premier told reporters on Thursday.
Netanyahu is making his first foreign trip outside the US since the October 2023 attack by Hamas that triggered the war in Gaza, selecting in Orban a fellow right-wing ally of US President Donald Trump as his host.
All three leaders have condemned the ICC ruling in November that Netanyahu be detained for alleged war crimes.
Hungary is a signatory to the ICC’s founding charter, meaning that's it would have been obliged to detain Netanyahu on arrival.
But Orban has dismissed the order from the outset, immediately inviting his Israeli counterpart for an official visit with a guarantee that he would not be arrested.
Lawmakers in Budapest will likely approve the legislation on the ICC withdrawal by the end of May, with the full legal procedure expected to last a year, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomed Hungary’s decision, which he said demonstrated its stance in support of Israel, according to a post on X.
The decision was reported earlier this week by Radio Free Europe.
The war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel in October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and abducting 250. Israel’s subsequent campaign in Gaza has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the territory, while devastating urban areas and displacing much of the 2.2 million population.
Like the US, Israel isn’t an ICC signatory and argues that the court has no jurisdiction over the country because it has an independent judiciary capable of its own investigations into allegations of war crimes.
The ICC says Israel has turned a blind eye to the killing of civilians in Gaza, requiring intervention, something Israel denies.
#Orban #quit #ICC
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Hungary announced its exit from the International Criminal Court as Prime Minister Orban hosted Netanyahu in Budapest, ignoring an arrest warrant for the Israeli leader.
Calling the Hague-based institution a “political court,” Orban said his government was submitting legislation to withdraw from the ICC.
Speaking alongside Orban in the Hungarian capital, Netanyahu lauded the decision to “leave this corrupt organization.”
“I hope many will follow,” the Israeli premier told reporters on Thursday.
Netanyahu is making his first foreign trip outside the US since the October 2023 attack by Hamas that triggered the war in Gaza, selecting in Orban a fellow right-wing ally of US President Donald Trump as his host.
All three leaders have condemned the ICC ruling in November that Netanyahu be detained for alleged war crimes.
Hungary is a signatory to the ICC’s founding charter, meaning that's it would have been obliged to detain Netanyahu on arrival.
But Orban has dismissed the order from the outset, immediately inviting his Israeli counterpart for an official visit with a guarantee that he would not be arrested.
Lawmakers in Budapest will likely approve the legislation on the ICC withdrawal by the end of May, with the full legal procedure expected to last a year, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomed Hungary’s decision, which he said demonstrated its stance in support of Israel, according to a post on X.
The decision was reported earlier this week by Radio Free Europe.
The war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel in October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and abducting 250. Israel’s subsequent campaign in Gaza has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the territory, while devastating urban areas and displacing much of the 2.2 million population.
Like the US, Israel isn’t an ICC signatory and argues that the court has no jurisdiction over the country because it has an independent judiciary capable of its own investigations into allegations of war crimes.
The ICC says Israel has turned a blind eye to the killing of civilians in Gaza, requiring intervention, something Israel denies.
#Orban #quit #ICC
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