Viktor Orbán
Viktor Orbán called the decision to issue arrest warrants for his Israeli counterpart “cynical” politics disguised as judicial action.
Largely under the radar of official policy channels, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has been networking with European right-wing parties.
Péter Szijjártó told JNS that small countries like his play an important role in the current conflict.
The Jewish community of 100,000 or so has been divided on the prime minister largely across religious-political lines, even though they agree that anti-Semitism has not really been an issue.
The leaders spoke about exchanging “green passports” and involving Budapest and Prague in Israel’s planned international vaccine-production plant.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised both countries for acting to open official entities in Jerusalem, saying Israel appreciates “them helping us on the international stage, as true friends do.”
U.S. President Donald Trump personally invited Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto to be present at the ceremony.
Despite concerns over the policies of nationalist leader Viktor Orbán, the country enjoys low levels of anti-Semitism, warm relations with Israel and a thriving Jewish community. Hungary’s Ambassador to the United States László Szabó says not to believe the “fake news that is going around on Hungary.”
Rabbi Shlomó Köves, chief rabbi of the EMIH-Hungarian Jewish Alliance and a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Budapest, discusses the prime minister and his nationalistic approach, as well as the thinking of some of his critics.
Hungary opens diplomatic trade mission in Jerusalem
“This is a very exciting moment for us because it’s the first European diplomatic mission opened in Jerusalem in many decades, and three Hungarian diplomats are going to be assigned to this office for trade purposes,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A comprehensive survey conducted by CNN found alarming levels of anti-Semitic attitudes among Europeans, with statistics on anti-Semitic acts across Europe “mind-boggling.”
“I look at what they do, at what they say also on the European level,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
