Hungarian PM calls on EU to restore ‘common sense’ in Israel policy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán calls on the European Union to improve its relations with Israel, saying that Brussels’ current policy toward Jerusalem is “pointless” and hurts its own interests.

“Once again, we should reiterate our acknowledgement towards Israel for what it does for the security of Europe,” Orban says in a joint appearance with Netanyahu and three other prime ministers from EU member states in Central Europe.

“In the future, we shall promote that the cooperation between the European Union and Israel become better,” he says in Hungarian. “If Europe does not cooperate with Israel, it is punishing itself, which is pointless. And therefore, we shall propose in the upcoming period that the Israeli-EU cooperation should return to the field of common sense.”

— Raphael Ahren