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Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:45:36 +0000

#Belgium would not arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin #Netanyahu if he visited the country, according to his Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever. "I don't think there is any European country that would arrest Netanyahu," he told VRT's Terzake talk show on Thursday evening.

Late last year, the International Criminal Court ( #ICC) in The #Hague issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu for alleged #warcrimes in #Gaza. Hungarian prime minister Viktor #Orban then invited him to visit #Hungary. During Netanyahu's visit to #Budapest on Thursday, Hungary announced it would withdraw from the ICC.

On Terzake, De Wever said he "understands" Orban's decision not to arrest Netanyahu. "I think we wouldn't do it either, to be quite honest." According to De Wever, no #European country would comply with the ICC arrest warrant. "There is such a thing as realpolitik," he said, adding that he did not agree with Orban's decision to withdraw from the ICC.
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