Viktor Orban announces to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary “in defiance” of the ICC arrest warrant

Chancelleries around the world are reacting. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, announced on Friday November 22 that he would invite his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to protest against the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We have no choice but to defy this decision. I will invite” Benjamin Netanyahu “to come to Hungary, where I can guarantee him that the ICC judgment will have no effect”he said in an interview on state radio. Follow our live stream.

Multiple reactions. Joe Biden judged “scandalous” the ICC arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. China, for its part, called on the International Criminal Court to have a “objective and fair position”the day after the issuance of his arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“It’s a decision that is entirely arbitrary”according to the Israeli ambassador to France. Joshua Zarka asks Emmanuel Macron not to apply the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. France must “follow the example that was given by the United States, by the American president and by other countries of the European Union such as Hungary”he demands on franceinfo.

New strikes on Gaza. The Israeli army announced that it had “eliminated” five “Hamas terrorists” including two commanders, during his raid in the Beit Lahia area, in the north of the Gaza Strip during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. According to the press release, the two commanders had participated in the massacre of October 7, 2023.