Orbán will invite Netanyahu for visit to scorn the ICC’s arrest warrant

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will invite Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary as a middle finger to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its arrest warrant for the Israeli leader.
According to Orbán, the court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza is a “complete defamation” of international law and even adds fuel to the fire of the Middle East conflict. 
“This is wrong in itself,” Orbán said in an interview with Hungarian state radio on Friday morning. “So there is no other choice here: We have to confront this decision, and so later today I will invite the prime minister of the Israelis, Mr. Netanyahu, to visit Hungary.”
In addition to Netanyahu, the ICC also issued an arrest warrant for former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “crimes against humanity and war crimes” in the Gaza Strip during the war against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Although the warrant would mean that Netanyahu and Gallant could be arrested if they travel to any of the 120 countries that are parties to the ICC, U.S. President Joe Biden called the issuance of the warrants “outrageous.”
But Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said that the Netherlands would arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot in the country.
Now, Orbán becomes the first leader of an ICC signatory country to say that the Hague-based court’s ruling will have no effect in his country. Earlier, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala denounced the ICC decision, and Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg also called it “incomprehensible,” but both stopped short of publicly calling it invalid.
“We will proceed solely on the basis of the quality and state of Israeli-Hungarian relations,” Orbán added.