Israel-Hungary relations

Márton Gyöngyösi is vice chairman of Hungary's parliamentary foreign affairs committee and head of international affairs for the Jobbik party. (Courtesy)

April 7, 2018, 9:19 am

Jobbik leader says Jews should trust the radical Hungarian party’s ‘rebranding’

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

By Yaakov Schwartz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the shoes memorial for Holocaust victims on the bank of the Danube in Budapest, July 20, 2017. (GPO)

July 20, 2017, 5:26 pm

‘Never again,’ declares Netanyahu at Hungarian Holocaust memorial

Prime minister visits 'Shoes on the Danube' site, places a small stone brought with him from Jerusalem

By TOI staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the garden of Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

July 20, 2017, 1:45 am

Decrying ‘betrayal,’ Hungary Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them

Highlighting rare chilly reception, community leaders ask why Israeli PM focused speech at Budapest JCC on bilateral ties instead of addressing their concerns about anti-Semitism, status for non-Orthodox

By Raphael Ahren

Muslim worshipers shout slogans at the Lions Gate, outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 19, 2017, 7:57 pm

Netanyahu says Israel won’t remove Temple Mt. metal detectors for now

PM holds telephone consultations with security chiefs while on a visit to Hungary, says situation will be reevaluated

By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris on July 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Kamil Zihnioglu)

July 19, 2017, 5:25 pm

Amid protests, Israel weighs taking down Temple Mt. metal detectors

Prime minister and security chiefs hold a telephone briefing as clashes between Muslim protesters and police continue

By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber

PM Netanyahu and the heads of state from Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland, in Budapest, July 19, 2017 (Haim Tzach/GPO)

July 19, 2017, 4:49 pm

Hungarian PM tells EU to improve its ties with Israel

Himself not a darling in Brussels, Viktor Orban urges European Union to restore 'common sense' in its policy toward Jerusalem

By Raphael Ahren

On a four-day official visit in Hungary, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban walk during the reception ceremony in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, July 18, 2017. (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP)

July 18, 2017, 2:45 pm

In meeting with Netanyahu, Hungary’s PM acknowledges ‘sin’ of WWll

In unprecedented statement, Viktor Orban laments his country's failure to protect its Jews, 600,000 of whom were killed in Nazi era, promises 'zero tolerance' for anti-Semitism

By Raphael Ahren

A Muslim worshiper enters the Temple Mount compound on July 18, 2017. (Israel Police)

July 18, 2017, 2:13 pm

Arab lawmakers demand removal of Temple Mount metal detectors

Iran condemns new US sanctions, responds with its own; Likud lawmaker goes on strike over gay adoption policy

By TOI staff

Rabbi Zoltán Radnóti in his Budapest office, July 17, 2017 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

July 17, 2017, 11:31 pm

With Netanyahu in town, Hungary’s Jews lament Israel ‘deserting’ them

PM should 'fix' things after failing to side with them in two recent controversies, president of country's largest Jewish organization says

By Raphael Ahren

An anti-Soros billboard with a swastika and Soros's name replaced by Viktor Orban's, seen in Budapest on July 17, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

July 17, 2017, 3:32 pm

Israeli, Hungarian branches of Amnesty rap Netanyahu and Orban

In joint statement, organizations warn of 'shrinking space' allotted to human rights groups in both countries

By Sue Surkes

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu boarding a plane to Uganda at Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 4, 2016. Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

July 15, 2017, 10:49 pm

Netanyahu departs for 5-day trip to France and Hungary

After a day in Paris, PM controversially set to head to Budapest, for a series of meetings with PM Viktor Orban

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boards a plane to go on an official state visit to Poland, on June 12, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)

July 14, 2017, 6:56 am

In visiting Hungary, critics say, Netanyahu puts realpolitik ahead of ties with local Jews

Traveling to Budapest next week, Israel's prime minister will be seen as embracing a government accused of promoting anti-Semitism

By Raphael Ahren

US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt (C), during a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 13, 2017, 2:01 pm

White House welcomes Israeli-Palestinian water agreement

Quartet for Mideast peace meets for first time since Trump’s election; as Bezeq probe ensnares associates, Netanyahu insists mogul Elovitz 'isn’t my friend’

By TOI staff

A poster with US billionaire George Soros is pictured on July 6, 2017, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. (AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK)

July 12, 2017, 4:55 pm

Hungary to pull ‘anti-Semitic’ Soros campaign ahead of Netanyahu visit

Budapest says billboards, criticized by Jewish community and philanthropist, have achieved their goal and are no longer necessary

By Stuart Winer and AFP

An anti-Soros poster reading "99 percent reject illegal migration" and “Let’s not allow Soros to have the last laugh,” in Budapest, Hungary, on July 5, 2017. (AP/Pablo Gorondi)

July 11, 2017, 7:54 pm

Soros ‘distressed’ by ‘anti-Semitic’ Hungary campaign

US billionaire hits back at Budapest's anti-immigration poster and media promotion calling it 'deliberate disinformation'

By AFP