Hungary decided to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it has become political, as its decisions on Israel showed, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said on Thursday.

Hungary's government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, it said on Thursday, shortly after Israeli leader Benjamin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Hungary despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him over the war in Gaza.

Hungary said Thursday it will begin the procedure of withdrawing from the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.