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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, Israeli 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, Tuesday, 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
George Soros speaks onstage at Lincoln Center on April 18, 2017, in New York City. (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Physicians for Human Rights/AFP)
July 9, 2017, 10:50 pm
Israel pans both Hungarian anti-Semitism and its target, George Soros
Foreign Ministry issues clarification after ambassador condemns billboard campaign against Jewish billionaire, saying Israel doesn't like him either
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
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