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ICC issues statement after Hungary failed to arrest Netanyahu during visit
A court has ruled that Hungary violated international law by refusing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Budapest.
Despite the ICC issuing an arrest warrant issued in November 2024, Hungary allowed Netanyahu to enter the country on an official four-day visit, including meetings with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The court said Hungary’s failure to provisionally arrest Netanyahu “prevented the Court from exercising its functions”, and referred the matter to the Assembly of States Parties for further action, the court’s governing body.
Hungary has announced plans to withdraw from the Rome Statute in June 2026.
That was early April... Yeah don't expect anything from the ICC if it takes them over 3 months to issue a statement on Hungary refusing to arrest Netanyahu.
Pakistan’s FM: ‘No question’ Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo has spoken to Ishaq Dar on the sidelines of the UN Security Council meeting in New York City, asking him about the state of global opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza.
The reason why these institutions were created, particularly the UN 80 years ago, was to deal with this sort of situation”, Dar said, when asked what the international community can do in the face of Israeli impunity.
“This certainly has become a graveyard of morality. The people are dying, the food has been made weaponised, and the children, almost dozens every week, are dying”, he continued.
“So, I think the united stand of the world community and the institutions’ responsibility is to make sure that this ends as soon as possible, because this is virtually unacceptable under international law as the UN Charter, humanitarian rights.”
“This is totally unacceptable.”
Macron says France will recognise Palestinian state
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognise the State of Palestine in September at the UN General Assembly.
“The urgent need today is for the war in Gaza to end and to rescue the civilian population,” Macron wrote in a post on X. “Peace is possible. We need an immediate ceasefire, the release of all the captives and massive humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza.”
Israel condemns France’s planned recognition of Palestinian state
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has slammed Macron’s announcement that France will recognise a Palestinian state, calling it “a disgrace and a surrender to terrorism”.
“Instead of standing with Israel in this time of trial, the French president is acting to weaken it,” Katz wrote on X. “We will not allow the establishment of a Palestinian entity that would harm our security, endanger our existence, and undermine our historical right to the Land of Israel.”
