Peter Magyar allowed Netanyahu's arrest in case of his visit to Hungary

Hungary will take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he visits Budapest. This was announced on April 21 by the leader of the Hungarian Tisa party, Peter Magyar, who will lead the government of the country.

According to Magyar, the new authorities intend to strictly comply with the regulations of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

"The country should take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while wanted by the International Criminal Court," Politico newspaper quoted him as saying.

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On November 21, 2024, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant. As noted, the court has reason to believe that the Israeli Prime Minister and the former head of the country's defense Ministry are criminally responsible as civilian commanders "for a war crime in the form of a deliberate attack on the civilian population."

In May 2025, the Hungarian parliament approved a bill on withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and other politicians have said that the court has lost its independence and become politicized.

In October, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the ICC is a political body that "humiliates the phenomenon of judicial procedures and the work of the court." According to him, the turning point was the decision to issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.