Hungarian PM Viktor Orban invited Netanyahu to Budapest a day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.

Hungary dodges its obligation to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his arrival for a state visit by quitting the court.

“Hungary has always been half-hearted” in its ICC membership, said Orbán, who on Thursday said the ICC was “no longer an impartial court, not a court of law, but a political court.” Hungary joined the ICC during Orbán’s first term as prime minister in 2001.

Hungary announced it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as it is hosting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the court for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Netanyahu will travel to Hungary this week, defying an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court issued over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, an official said Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to red carpet treatment in the country’s capital despite an arrest warrant from the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.

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Hungary's long-standing ties with Israel will be on display when its nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest on Thursday -- despite the latter being wanted under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced his intention to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court