Hungary, unlike South Africa, had good reason to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli government said Thursday, noting that South Africa had tried to leave the ICC before deciding to pose as its champion to target Israel.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had said earlier that Hungary will be withdrawing from the ICC, which has targeted Israel.
Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant have been hit with arrest warrants by the ICC, despite the fact that Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute establishing the ICC and therefore is not subject to its jurisdiction.
Critics of the ICC, including the United States, have said that the ICC warrants are motivated by
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