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By joining the court, we must apply its judgments, it is part of the treaty,
Faced with the shameful weakness of those who stood by the outrageous decision against the right of the state of Israel to defend itself, Hungary [is] standing by the side of justice and truth.”
Netanyahu thanked Orbàn for his “moral clarity”, adding This resolution ignores Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself against constant attacks by terrorist organisations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.”
Argentina’s prime minister, Javier Milei, an outspoken Netanyahu ally, described the warrants as “an act that distorts the spirit of international justice”, adding Spain respects the decision of the international criminal court and will fulfil its commitments and obligations with regard to the Rome statute and international law.”
A source in Spain’s foreign ministry said on Friday There is no choice here, we have to defy this decision,
the nationalist leader said in his weekly interview with state radio First of all, as Canada has always said, it's really important that everyone abide by international law. This is something we've been calling on from the beginning of the conflict,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Toronto We are now of course examining exactly what that means for implementation in Germany,
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said The ICC issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,
Biden said in a statement We will defy this decision, and it will have no consequences for him,
We will proceed solely on the basis of the quality and state of Israeli-Hungarian relations,
This is wrong in itself,
Orbán said in an interview with Hungarian state radio on Friday morning Today I will invite Israel’s prime minister, Mr. Netanyahu, for a visit to Hungary and in that invite I will guarantee him that if he comes, the ICC ruling will have no effect in Hungary, and we will not follow its contents,
(The move) undermines its authority in other cases when it equates the elected representatives of a democratic state with the leaders of an Islamist terrorist organization.”
However, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the ICC decision “unfortunate”, saying on X late on Thursday We support international courts and we apply their warrants,
Harris told national broadcaster RTE when asked if Netanyahu would be arrested if he arrived in Ireland for whatever reason We've always respected the importance of international law, but in the majority of the cases that they pursue, they don't become part of the British legal process."
For us Europeans, this warrant exposes a real dilemma between international law, which is our law, and our foreign policy, especially for those member states that are unconditionally backing Israel,
Eurointelligence analysts wrote in a note At the same time, it is a consequence of German history that we share unique relations and a great responsibility with Israel,
the spokesperson added, alluding to the Nazi era We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision,
I think Israel made a very big mistake,
Trump told an Israeli newspaper in April, describing the bombing of civilian apartment blocks in Gaza The law operates on the basis of a presumption that people will obey it. That’s how all laws are created,
