UK indicates it could arrest Netanyahu on ICC warrant, as Hungary invites him to visit

Britain on Friday indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested on an International Criminal Court warrant if he visits, and Ireland said it would definitely arrest him if he did, while Hungary rejected the ICC decision to seek Netanyahu’s arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza and invited him to make an official visit.

Israel and the United States on Thursday rejected the top court’s decision to issue warrants for the premier and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant, with President Joe Biden denouncing it as “outrageous.”

“The UK will always comply with its legal obligations as set out by domestic law and indeed international law,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman said on Friday.  (Read More)