Netanyahu to fly Wednesday to meet Hungary’s Orban, will remain there until Sunday morning

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Hungary on Wednesday evening, according to a schedule released by his office.

Netanyahu will meet with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who in November rejected the ICC decision to seek Netanyahu’s arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza and invited him to make an official visit.

As he almost always does, Netanyahu will remain abroad over the Jewish Sabbath with his entourage and security detail at taxpayer expense.

Hungary is a close Israeli ally in the European Union and NATO.

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