The Hungarian government says the controversial poster campaign against Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist George Soros remains up in parts of the capital due to a “technical issue” that is “not our business.”
The billboards, some daubed with anti-Semitic imagery, were supposed to have been removed over the weekend, but a number of them are still seen throughout the capital hours ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit.
In a statement to The Times of Israel, the office of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban denies responsibility for the remaining posters seen around Budapest.
“The fact that the advertisement is still up in certain places is a technical issue relating to how the contracting agency is able to sell the given advertising space,” the statement says. “The Government is not involved in putting up or taking down billboards. This is not our business.”
The statement goes on to assert that the Hungarian government “is one of the European governments that has done the most to combat anti-Semitism,” and vows to protect its local Jewish community.
— Raphael Ahren
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