Hungary, Netanyahu and International Criminal Court (ICC
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Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin...
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that he may visit the United States next week.
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The court sent a request Thursday morning to the Hungarian government to arrest Netanyahu, an ICC official said.
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Hungary was never fully committed to the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said a day after announcing plans to withdraw from the international body.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu applauded Hungary for its "bold and principled" decision to leave the International Criminal Court as he visited Budapest on Thursday, a rare trip abroad in defiance of an ICC arrest warrant.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday defended his government’s decision not to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Budapest, despite an International Criminal Court warrant requiring member states to detain him.
Hungary will on Thursday start the legal procedure to exit the International Criminal Court, a senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government said.
Hungary announced its plan to exit the International Criminal Court, citing dissatisfaction with its proceedings. This decision makes Hungary the only EU nation to withdraw from the ICC. The issue came to a head when Hungary refused to detain Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during his recent visit despite an ICC arrest warrant.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made clear when he issued the invitation that Hungary would not respect the ICC ruling.
Just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), arrived in Budapest on Thursday, Hungary said it plans to withdraw from the ICC.
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Kyiv Independent on MSNHungary announces exit from ICC after Netanyahu's arrival in BudapestHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last November, the day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Netanyahu endorses Hungary's ICC exit, criticising the court as corrupt while facing war crimes allegations over Gaza.- Watch Video on English Oneindia