In a statement, the foreign ministry said France would 'respect its international obligations' but added that the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states that are not a party to the ICC.
Netanyahu isn't a dictator any more than any other Western bourgeois democratic leader. The genocide he and those around them carry out is very popular in Israel. It is a deeply racist society premised on the hatred and subjugation od the Palestinians from whom they steal land and resources and life.
Since he's elected under apartheid, he kinda is a dictator even if he has popular support among the people Israel allows to vote. The terminology isn't a good fit, but if everyone in so-called "Greater Israel" was allowed to vote their government would look very different.