Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should come to the official visit to Hungary in the coming weeks. At Thursday’s press conference, this was the head of the Hungarian government office Gergely Gulyás. An international arrest warrant is issued to the Israeli Prime Minister. According to Reuters report, TASR reports this.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in November last year that he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Hungary and He would guarantee that the arrest warrant issued to him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for suspicion of war crimes in Gaza would “not be respected”.
“According to the current plans, it will arrive before Easter. Of course, as soon as the visit date is specified, we will notify it, taking into account the extremely important security aspect,” Gulyás said.
Several European countries responded that if Netanyahu entered their land, it would be immediately detained. All Member States of the European Union, including Hungary, are members of ICC, which means that they are obliged to perform its arrest warrants. Orbán often comes into a dispute with the EU on democratic standards and human rights. Hungary, as a contracting party of the Roman ICC status, is obliged to arrest Netanyahua if it enters its territory.
Both France and Italy were partially questioned in November. Paris expressed the assumption that Netanyahu could have immunity against ICC measures, as Israel is not a signatory of the Roman Statute. Rome, in turn, said Netanyahua cannot be arrested while he is the Prime Minister of the Israeli government. Israel announced that he would appeal against the ICC arrest warrants on Netanyahu and Galanta.
ICC released on November 21, 2024, in addition to Netanyahua, the Israeli Defense Exminist Joav Galanta And in the meantime, the killed leader of the armed wing of Hamas Muhammad Dajf, for suspicion of crimes against humanity and war crimes during the Gaza Strip Conflict.
