According to Madyar, Hungary will continue to remain a member of the ICC, which means it will be obliged to comply with its orders.
“If someone is wanted by the International Criminal Court and such a person enters the territory of our country, then he must be detained,” he emphasized.
Politico notes that Hungary previously refused to arrest Netanyahu during his visit to Budapest in April 2025, when Viktor Orban was prime minister. Before the meeting, Orban announced that Hungary would withdraw from the International Criminal Court (a process that takes about a year) and guaranteed Netanyahu immunity.
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ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan in May 2024 demanded the issuance of warrants to arrest Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galanta, also on the list were three Hamas figures: the commander of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Deif, the leader of the political wing of the movement, Ismail Haniyeh, and the head of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar. All three Hamas leaders have since been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
According to the prosecutor, Hamas members planned and instigated the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and they were also involved in murder, torture, rape, hostage-taking and other acts constituting war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Netanyahu and Galant are, according to the ICC, responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip since at least October 8, 2023.
November 21, 2024 ICC issued arrest warrant Netanyahu and Galanta. The White House reported that they were performing against the ICC warrant for the arrest of Netanyahu and Galant.
On the evening of April 2 Netanyahu arrived in Hungary and was not arrested. April 3 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty wrote that Netanyahu, flying to Budapest, was “virtually confident” that he would not be detained. At the same time Hungary has officially announced that it is withdrawing from the ICC.
On the same day, the ICC reported that Budapest must cooperate in Netanyahu case for possible war crimes in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, AFP reported.
On April 4, Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever said that if Netanyahu visits the country, he will not be arrested.
April 7 Netanyahu arrived in USA to meet with US President Donald Trump. He wasn't arrested either.
