The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gabor-vona/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Gabor Vona | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gabor-vona/ 32 32 Jobbik leader says Jews should trust the radical Hungarian party’s ‘rebranding’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/jobbik-leader-says-jews-should-trust-the-radical-hungarian-partys-rebranding/ Sat, 07 Apr 2018 06:19:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1824568 Márton Gyöngyösi, who himself once said Israel was 'running on a 'Nazi system,' insists ahead of Hungary's contentious elections that his party is no longer racist

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]]> Head of Hungary’s Jobbik renounces party’s anti-Semitic ways https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-hungarys-jobbik-renounces-partys-anti-semitic-ways/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:51:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1751861 Gabor Vona says he wants to move his far-right party closer to the center, earlier anti-Semitsm 'impossible to imagine'

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]]> Hungarian far-right leader says he respects Israel’s right to exist https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarian-far-right-leader-says-he-respects-israels-right-to-exist/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 19:52:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1539773 Leader of Jobbik, a party with history of anti-Semitic statements, recently sent Hanukkah greetings to two prominent local rabbis

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]]> Leader of Hungary’s far-right Jobbik bolsters power https://www.timesofisrael.com/leader-of-hungarys-far-right-jobbik-bolsters-power/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 04:25:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1405328 Gabor Vona boots outspoken lawmaker Elod Novak from parliament, but he is replaced by deputies no less radical

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]]> Hungary’s far-right Jobbik looks to rehab image in bid to lead https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarys-far-right-jobbik-looks-to-rehab-image-in-bid-to-lead/ Sat, 30 May 2015 22:13:21 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1190639 Once seen as fringe, anti-Semitic faction, party seeks to tone down rhetoric as it sets sights on taking power in 2018 election

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]]> After by-election win, Hungary’s far-right Jobbik vows to prune racism https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-by-election-win-hungarys-far-right-jobbik-vows-to-prune-racism/ Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:15:35 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1166601 Gabor Vona, who aims to challenge for premiership in three years, tries to shed party's extremist image

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]]> Hungary’s ‘neo-Nazi’ Jobbik gains with image shift https://www.timesofisrael.com/neo-nazi-jobbik-party-gains-ground-with-image-shift/ Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:41:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=943466 Radical nationalist party's 20% election success due in part to campaign to shed its anti-Roma and anti-Semitic rhetoric

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]]> WJC assembly opens in Budapest following anti-Zionist rally https://www.timesofisrael.com/wjc-assembly-opens-in-budapest-following-anti-zionist-rally/ Sun, 05 May 2013 10:59:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=491330 Hungarian PM set to address more than 600 delegates and observers

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]]> Iran and Hungarian party form anti-Semitic alliance https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-and-hungarian-party-form-anti-semitic-alliance/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:20:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=405918 Isolated and anti-Western, a pair of pariahs find common ground in their outspoken opposition to Jewish interests

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]]> Hungary holds landmark anti-Nazi protest, after far-right lawmaker called to ‘screen Jews’ as security risks https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarys-jews-orchestrate-landmark-anti-nazi-protest/ Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:42:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=301166 Budapest rally is 'the most important demonstration since Hungary became a democracy,' says Simon Wiesenthal Center's Israel director

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]]> A bright moment in Budapest https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-bright-moment-in-hungary/ Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:21:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=294522 An inspiring rally of 3,000 Hungarians in support of Israel and against the anti-Semitic Jobbik party

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]]> Far-right Jobbik Party’s Csanad Szegedi and the glass house https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-jobbik-partys-csanad-szegedi-and-the-glass-house/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:20:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=195586 Formerly outspoken Hungarian anti-Semitic politician turns out to be Jewish -- making him a pariah in his own party and leaving his political career on brink of collapse

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]]> Hungarian lawmaker resigns from anti-Semitic Jobbik Party after revealing Jewish origins https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarian-lawmaker-resigns-from-anti-semitic-jobbik-party-after-revealing-jewish-origins/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:06:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=181818 Jobbik officials claim not to take issue with Csanad Szegedi's Jewish background, rather the attempts to conceal it

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]]> Far-right party in Hungary protests austerity https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-party-in-hungary-protests-austerity/ Sun, 13 May 2012 07:06:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=98232 Jobbik leader Gabor Vona said the country's Jews were 'anti-Hungarian'

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