Hungary, Argentina blast ICC decision; Italy says it’s still reviewing it; Turkey hails arrest warrants

Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjártó blasts the ICC’s “shameful and absurd” decision to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant.

“This decision disgraces the international judiciary by equating leaders of a country attacked by a heinous terror attack with the leaders of the terrorist organization responsible,” he says in a call with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, according to a Hungarian readout.

Argentina “declares its deep disagreement” with the decision, which “ignores Israel’s legitimate right to self-defense against the constant attacks by terrorist organisations like Hamas and Hezbollah,” President Javier Milei posts.

“We support the ICC, while always remembering that the court must play a legal role and not a political role. We will evaluate together with our allies what to do and how to interpret this decision,” Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani says in response to the ICC arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders.

Turkey, meanwhile, hails the decision as “a belated, but positive decision to stop the bloodshed and put an end to the genocide in Palestine.”

“The barbaric Israeli authorities, who target our innocent Palestinian brothers and sisters… must be brought to justice as soon as possible for their war crimes and crimes against humanity,” Turkish Justice minister Yilmaz Tunc says.