Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his country and promised that the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court “would not be implemented.” “Today I invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Hungary, and with this invitation I assure him that if he comes, the Court's decision will have no effect in Hungary, and we will not “We will not respect the content,” Orbán said. Hungary is the first of the 124 member countries of the Rome Statute to categorically announce that it will not respect the arrest warrants.
The German government spokesperson also reacted to the warrants issued by the ICC stating: “We will carefully review the arrest warrants, but will not take further action until a visit to Germany is planned. However, Apart from German history we share a unique relationship and a great responsibility towards Israel. I find it hard to imagine that arrests could be made in Germany on this basis.
Meanwhile, cabinet ministers last night demanded action against the Palestinian Authority and Palestinians in general following the arrest warrants from The Hague. Finance Minister Betsalel Smotrich called for sanctions against the Palestinian Authority, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for actions “that would encourage emigration” of Palestinians from Gaza as well as an end to the humanitarian aid or “at a minimum, bring in a company that would control its distribution” in place of international organizations.
