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Hungary Announces Withdrawal From ‘Political’ ICC as Netanyahu Visits Country, Defying Arrest Warrant
Ailin Vilches Arguello
April 3, 2025

Hungary on Thursday announced that it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the country welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the capital city of Budapest, defying an ICC arrest warrant against him over allegations of war crimes in Gaza. Despite Hungary’s status as a signatory of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, Netanyahu was not taken into custody upon his arrival in Budapest. Instead, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed his Israeli counterpart with full military honors. Netanyahu’s visit to Hungary, which is scheduled to last until Sunday, is his first trip to Europe since the ICC issued an arrest warrant against him last year. READ MORE

JNS Hungary defies ICC, welcomes Netanyahu with military honor guard Orbán, having earlier posted a message on X welcoming Netanyahu to the country and calling it “the safest place in Europe,” pressed that theme at the press conference, noting that Hungary’s Jewish community is the third-largest in Europe. While antisemitism has reached levels “never before seen” in Western Europe, in Hungary no Hamas flags wave, he said. “Hungary has zero tolerance for antisemitism.” The reason antisemitism is on the rise in Western Europe is due to mass illegal immigration, he said, adding that his country will never accept such migration.