Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu effectively endorses Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in next month’s elections in that country, saying the strongman leader “has been like a rock.”
“You need leaders who can protect against this rising tide [of Islamic terrorism], and can ensure safety and stability for their own countries,” Netanyahu says in a video message to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest. “This is what Viktor Orbán has in abundance.”
“Vitkor Orbán means safety, security, stability,” he says.
Netanyahu, who has long been friendly with Orbán, was slated to attend the conference himself, but decided to stay in Israel during the ongoing war against Iran. His son Yair attended and spoke at the event.
“Thank you for standing up for Western civilization, against this tide of radical, fanatical Muslims,” the Israeli premier tells the conference in his message.
US President Donald Trump gave his “complete and total endorsement” of Orbán in his own message to CPAC.
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