Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit

Hungary is withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the government said.

Victor Orban’s senior officials confirmed this time after Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who was pursued in accordance with the ICC arrest warrant, arrived for a state visit to Hungary.

ORBAN invited Netayafu as soon as the warrant was issued in November, and the ruling said that it would not affect his country.

In November, ICC judges said that Netana Hu had a “reasonable basis” that he gave birth to “criminal responsibility” for war crimes and human crimes during the war between Israel and Hamas. Netana Hu condemned ICC’s decision as “anti -Semitism”.

ICC, a global court, has the authority to be accused of massacre, crimes and war crimes against humanity.

Hungary is the founding member of the ICC that calculates 125 member states and will be the first European Union. Withdrawal does not affect the ongoing procedures.

At the co -press conference, ORBAN insisted that the ICC became a “political court”. He added the court’s decision to issue a warrant for Israeli leaders.

Meanwhile, Netanahu welcomed Hungary’s “bold and principle” and decided to withdraw.

“It’s important to all democracy. It’s important to support this corrupt organization.”

According to a statement by the Israeli Secretariat, Netanyahu and Orban talked about US President Donald Trump about this decision and “the next stage of this issue.”

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar of the early Israeli thanked Oban for “a clear and strong moral position with Israel.”

“The so -called International Criminal Court has trampled the basic principles of international law and trampled the basic principles of international law and lost moral authority to harm Israel’s self -defense.”

Hungary’s decision is consistent with Orban’s extensive foreign policy, which has adopted a critical view of international institutions, which is closely related to Israel and violates state sovereignty.

The withdrawal of Hungary can have a symbolic weight and political impact, but it does not significantly change the operating ability or legal framework of ICC.

The court faces similar challenges in the past and continues to function with extensive international support.

However, the decision to withdraw from the criticism of “political prejudice” of Hungary’s ICC and the decision to withdraw from Netanyahu can be a precedent to question or give up their promises to international justice based on political alliance or disagreement with other countries.

The United States, Russia, China and North Korea are not part of the ICC, so they do not recognize their jurisdiction.

Israel decided that ICC had jurisdiction over the occupied Westbank, East Jerusalem and Gaza because the UN Secretary -General accepted it in 2021, but in 2021. The Palestinians were members.

According to Article 127 of the Roman Law, which founded the ICC, Hungary has now sent a written notice to the UN Secretary General to leave the Treaty.

A spokesman for Fadi El-Abdullah told the BBC: “In the visit of Netanyahu, the court followed the standard process after the issuance of the arrest warrant. The court recalls that Hungary is obliged to cooperate with ICC.”

After the warrant was issued, the Hungarian authorities had to technically arrest Netanahu and hand over to Hague’s court, but they did not always choose to carry out an ICC warrant.

In Europe, some ICC member states said they would arrest an Israeli leader if they stepped into their country, but others, including Germany, announced that they would not be detained if Netana was visited.

But Germany’s Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs said Hungary’s announcement on Thursday is “bad day for international criminal law.”

“Europe has a clear rules that apply to all EU member states, and it is a Roman law. I made it clear that no one in Europe is on the law and applies to all legal areas.”

On the other side of the Atlantic The United States has accused the ICC’s decision to issue a warrant for the arrest after Netana, and has visited Loi Nara since it was issued in November. His visit to Hungary has since marked his first trip to Europe after Netana.

Hungarian Defense Secretary Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky welcomed him in Netanyahu on Wednesday night at the runway at Budapest Airport.

Israel is appealing Arrest is a warrant for Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary YoAV GallantAnd strongly rejects accusations. It denies the authority of the ICC and the justification of the warrant.

Netanyahu said it was “a dark day in human history,” and ICC said it became “enemy of humanity.”

“This is the stage of anti -Semitism with one goal. It prevents you from having a natural right to defend yourself from enemies who want to destroy us to prevent me.”

In the same ruling, the ICC judge also issued a warrant for Hamas Commander Mohamed Dip that Israel died. Hamas also rejected the charges.

According to an announcement that Israel has established a new military corridor in order to expand the offensive and pressure it to Hamas, Israel visited with a fatal Israeli strike across Palestinian territory.

The war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas -led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, resulting in about 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages. Since then, 50,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military attacks, according to Hamas-Run Gaza’s health authorities.