Barbara Tasch

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Barbara Tasch |Anna Holligan

Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government has announced. A senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government confirmed this hours after Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state visit. Orban had invited Netanyahu as soon as the warrant was issued last November, saying the ruling would have "no effect" in his country.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Barbara Tasch |Anna Holligan

1 day ago Israel announces expansion of military operation in Gaza to seize ‘large areas’ of land, ordering residents to leave CNN — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of the military’s operation in Gaza involving the seizure of large areas of land that would be “incorporated into Israel’s security zones.” In the statement, Katz said the operation would also involve a “large-scale … 1 hour ago Netanyahu’s Hungary visit ‘bad day’ for international law:...