- Title: Budapest prepares for visit by Israel's Netanyahu
- Date: 2nd April 2025
- Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (APRIL 2, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTRUCTION FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKE / PEOPLE WALKING ON RUBBLE PEOPLE INSPECTING DAMAGED BUILDING VARIOUS OF DESTRUCTION / PEOPLE GATHERING AND INSPECTING DAMAGE WOMAN STANDING ON RUBBLE / PEOPLE INSPECTING DAMAGE BELONGINGS SCATTERED IN DAMAGED STRUCTURE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, RIDA AL-JABBOUR, SA
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- Keywords: Benjamin Netanyahu Hungary ICC Israel Orban
- Location: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
- City: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
- Country: Hungary
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002353602042025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Preparations were underway in Budapest on Wednesday (April 2) for an expected four-day visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defying an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.
During the visit, due to begin on Wednesday and run until Sunday (April 6) Netanyahu will meet his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban who invited him soon after the ICC issued the arrest warrant. Orban said at the time that the warrant would "not be observed".
Hungary and all European Union member states are members of the ICC, meaning they are required to enforce its warrants. Orban, a right-wing nationalist, has often been at odds with the EU over democratic standards and human rights in Hungary.
It will be Netanyahu's second trip abroad since the ICC announced the warrants, following a visit to Washington in February to meet U.S. President Donald Trump.
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