Hungary welcomes Netanyahu and announces it's quitting top war crimes court


Hungarian PM Orban speaks to Israeli PM Netanyahu in Budapest, Hungary on April 3, 2025. – Reuters

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Hungary's capital early Thursday (April 3) to a red carpet treatment despite a warrant for his arrest issued by the world's top war crimes court.

Hungary's government, led by its populist prime minister and Netanyahu ally, Viktor Orbán, used the occasion of the Israeli leader's visit to announce it will begin the procedure of withdrawing from the international tribunal that issued the warrant, the International Criminal Court.

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