PHOTO FROM ARCHIWUM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Hungary, 4 April 2025. © Arpad Kuruch / Anadol via Getty Images
No EU country would execute an arrest warrant issued by the global Criminal Court (ICC), claims Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
During the visit of the Israeli Prime Minister last week, Hungary announced its intention to retreat from the Rome Statute, a treaty which confers the powers of the ICC.The court, which relies on national jurisdictions to execute arrests, accuses Netanyahu of war crimes in the Gaza conflict.De Wever, leader of the Nationalist fresh Flemish Alliance and head of the coalition of 5 parties, expressed his knowing of Budapest's rebellion during a performance on the Terzake VRT station program last week, awarding: "We would, too, if I were to be completely honest."‘There is besides a realpolitik. I do not think any European country would be willing to arrest Netanyahu if it were on its territory" - added.The ICC criticised Budapest and spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah stated that "Hungary inactive has a work to cooperate" with a judicial authority.Members of the ruling coalition in Belgium distanced themselves from De Wever's comments, claiming he had not consulted them.
Meanwhile, opposition parties criticized the Prime Minister for entering ‘dangerous slippery path’, by making a decision which they believe should be reserved for justice and by side "confident European leaders who brazenly disregard global law".Last November, the ICC issued warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu and erstwhile defence minister Yoava Gallant for allegedly committing serious atrocities, including the usage of hunger as a method of conducting war, in consequence to the fatal raid of the Palestinian Hamas militant group in 2023.Earlier this year, Warsaw offered Netanyahu safety guarantees if it took part in the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz by the Red Army.
The Israeli Prime Minister refused to travel.The outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz noted last week that ‘unimaginable’ Netanjah's arrest if the second visited his country.
The French Government argued that the Prime Minister of Israel should have diplomatic immunity under the Rome Statute, which is an opinion which the ICC is questioning.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/615344-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-belgium/
