Orbán, Wilders and Salvini defend Netanyahu, challenge the ICC
You know, the “far right.” The people whom the political and media elites told you were neo-Nazis are standing on the side of Israel, while the alleged guardians of human rights endorse and amplify Hamas propaganda.
The European far-right challenges the ICC:
Orbán, Wilders and Salvini defend Netanyahu
by Theodoros Benakis, European Interest, November 22, 2024:
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced today that he will not respect the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and invite his counterpart to visit Budapest.
The Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders said that instead of receiving international understanding and support, Netanyahu faces an arrest warrant. “The world has gone mad,” he noted, letting us understand that he was planning a meeting with the Israeli PM. “I am proud to meet my friend @netanyahu soon in Israel,” he posted on X.
Similarly, Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister of the Italian government and head of the minority coalition partner League, said it is “disrespectful” to call “the prime minister of one of the few democracies in the Middle East” a war criminal.
The Hungarian Fidesz, Dutch PVV and Italian League are members of the Marine Le Pen‘s Patriots for Europe group.
According to rumours from Brussels, if the Israeli Prime Minister arrived on Hungarian soil and were not arrested, Hungary would “violate its international legal obligations and the EU’s position on the International Criminal Court”….
The ICC has ceased to be the bastion of legal authority it perhaps once was, and has become, like the UN and NATO, overcome by political influence which is antisemitic among many other unfortunate qualities.
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