Hungary, a founding member of the International Criminal Court, to withdraw from the court amid Netanyahu’s visit

The Hungary government said, “I decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, shortly after the arrival of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, under the arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court, to the country for a government visit.”

The right -wing Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Urban called on his Israeli counterpart to Budapest in November, a day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an order to arrest her on charges of war crimes in Gaza, as Israel launched its attack after an attack on the Hamas headquarters in southern Israel. Hungary is a founding member of the International Criminal Court.

Israel has rejected the accusations that it is driven by political motives and nurtured by anti -Semitism. She says that the International Criminal Court has lost all legitimacy by issuing orders against a democratically elected leader of a country that exercises self -defense.

As a founding member, Hungary is theoretically obligated to arrest anyone who is subject to a court note, but Urban made it clear that Hungary would not respect the ruling, which was called “Brazin, Satisfaction and completely and completely acceptable.

Hungary signed the document of the International Criminal Court in 1999 and believed it in 2001, but the law was not issued.

Jereley Julias, Urban Chief of Staff, said in November, although Hungary has believed the Rome Law of the International Criminal Court, but “it was not part of the Hungarian law,” which means that no scale of the court can be implemented inside the Hungary.

On Thursday, Julaas told the MTI news agency that the government would launch the withdrawal process later in the day.

Hungary raised the possibility of the International Criminal Court after US sanctions

Urban raised the possibility of Hungary to leave the International Criminal Court after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the court’s prosecutor Karim Khan in February.

Urban said in X in February.

The draft law on the start of the withdrawal process for a year from the International Criminal Court is likely to be approved by the Hungary Parliament, which is dominated by Fiban Fiban.

The Netherlands, which hosts the International Criminal Court, said that until the withdrawal is complete, the Hungary must remain its duties.

“The full process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court takes about a year, and during that time, Hungary will have to fulfill all its obligations to the court,” Dutch Foreign Minister Kaspar Felcamp told reporters on the sidelines of NATO in Brussels.

Netanyahu has enjoyed strong support over the years from Hungary Urban, an important ally who was ready to prevent the European Union data or actions that criticize Israel in the past.

The International Criminal Court judges said when they issued an order that there are reasonable reasons for the belief that Netanyahu and the former defense chief was responsible for criminal acts, including killing, persecution and hunger as a war weapon as part of a “large -scale attack and a systematic attack against the civilian population in Gaza.”

The Israeli campaign has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian health authorities and destroyed the Gaza Strip. The Hamas -led attack on Israel was killed on October 7, 2023, 1,200 people and witnessed more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli.

The International Criminal Court also issued an arrest warrant against the Hamas leader in November. His death was confirmed after the issuance of a court order.