Netanyahu in Budapest despite arrest warrant as Hungary says it will quit ICC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, talk after a welcoming ceremony with a guard of honour at Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary (Denes Erdos/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Hungary’s capital to red carpet treatment despite a warrant for his arrest issued by the world’s top war crimes court.

It was only the second foreign trip Mr Netanyahu has made since the International Criminal Court issued the warrant against him in November.