Hungary has begun proceedings to leave the International Criminal Court. The announcement coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the country despite an active warrant for his arrest issued by the ICC. The court alleges that Israel’s military actions in Gaza under Netanyahu’s leadership amount to war crimes. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban characterized those allegations as “outrageously impudent” and “cynical.”
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