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Hungary still has the opportunity to arrest Netanyahu — as unlikely as that seems, there’s still time. We expect other ICC members and particularly EU member states who are united in their commitment to the court to press Hungary hard on meeting its clear, legal obligations on arrest,
Liz Evenson, international justice director at Human Rights Watch, told the AP
There is a provision which says that your obligation to cooperate continues for the cases that were ongoing when you were still a party,
Göran Sluiter, professor of international criminal law at the University of Amsterdam, told The Associated PressSo they still have an ongoing obligation to arrest Netanyahu,
he said
No Hamas flags have been flown in Hungary, and they will not be flown in the future,
Orbán said
This partnership, this friendship, today is unparalleled. May it grow even further, may it grow even stronger. Thank you, my friend, Viktor,
he saidWe signed an international treaty, but we never took all the steps that would otherwise have made it enforceable in Hungary,
Orbán said, referring to the fact that Hungary’s parliament never promulgated the court’s statute into Hungarian lawOne of Netanyahu's methods is controlling the Israeli agenda,
Klughaft said
His ultimate goal is to regain the ability to travel wherever he wants,
Moshe Klughaft, an international strategic consultant and former advisor to Netanyahu, told AFP
The prime minister’s words represent a major shift in policy,
Michael Freilich, a lawmaker from De Wever’s party, told JNS
To be completely honest, I don’t think we would either,
De Wever told a journalist from the VRT broadcaster who asked him about Hungary’s decision to ignore the warrant
Europe must comply. Impose economic sanctions, suspend the Association Agreement with Israel and uphold these arrest warrants.”
The previous government’s deputy prime minister, Petra De Sutter, wrote on X in NovemberTo immediately withdraw from the international legal order—that connection, I do not see happening,
he saidThere is such a thing as realpolitik, I don’t think any European country would arrest Netanyahu if he were on their territory. France wouldn’t do it, and I don’t think we would, either,
he saidAt first, he's flying to places where there's no risk of arrest, and in doing so, he's also paving the way to normalize his future travels,
he said
You stand with us at the EU, you stand with us at the UN, and you've just taken a bold and principled position on the ICC ... it's important for all democracies to stand up to this corrupt organisation,
Netanyahu told Orban
This is no longer an impartial court, a rule-of-law court, but rather a political court. This has become the clearest in light of its decisions on Israel,
Orban said at a news conference with Netanyahu where they did not take questionsThe secretary-general is shocked by the attacks of the Israeli army on a medical and emergency convoy on March 23 resulting in the killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian workers in Gaza,
said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
The incident from March 23, 2025, in which IDF (military) forces opened fire targeting terrorists advancing in ambulances, has been transferred to the General Staff's fact-finding and assessment mechanism for investigation,
military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said in a statementI am convinced that this otherwise important international judicial forum has been degraded into a political tool, with which we cannot and do not want to engage,
Orbán said
The ICC directs its actions against us fighting a just war with just means,
Netanyahu said, calling Hungary