Victor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, announced on Friday that he would invite Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his nation and promise that the Israeli prime leader’s arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court will “not be observed.”
Orban’s comments contradict a number of European politicians who pledged to uphold the court’s ruling.
Simon Harris, the prime minister of Ireland, stated on Friday that if the Israeli prime minister visited his nation, his nation would be ready to detain him.
When asked if Netanyahu would be detained if he arrived in Ireland for any reason, Harris said national network RTE, “We support international courts and we apply their warrants.”
Harris followed suit after the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Slovenia declared on Thursday that they would fulfill their responsibilities under international law and the Rome Statute.
For alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza battle, the ICC issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, Netanyahu, and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant.
Orban, whose nation currently holds the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union, stated on state radio that the Israeli leader would be able to negotiate in Hungary with sufficient protection and that the ICC’s arrest order was incorrect.
I’m going to extend an invitation to Israel’s prime leader, Mr. Netanyahu, to visit Hungary today, and I’ll promise him that if he accepts, the ICC verdict won’t apply in Hungary and its provisions won’t be followed, Orban stated.
Orban and Netanyahu have developed a close political relationship since Orban and his nationalist Fidesz party came to power in 2010. In 2017, Netanyahu traveled to Budapest.
While EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stated that the warrants were not political and that all EU member states should respect and obey the court’s ruling, Israeli politicians and the White House have harshly denounced the ICC’s ruling.
The Czech Republic and Hungary have been ardent supporters of Israel within the EU.
In response to the ICC ruling, the Czech Foreign Ministry declared that Prague would uphold its commitments under international law.
However, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala criticized the ICC ruling on X late Thursday, saying: “The move undermines its authority in other cases when it equates the leaders of an Islamist terrorist organization with the elected representatives of a democratic state.”
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