PM to depart for Budapest on Wing of Zion on Wednesday night, will return Sunday

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take off from Ben Gurion International Airport for Budapest on Wing of Zion at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night.

He is slated to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Tamás Sulyok on Thursday.

As he usually does, Netanyahu will remain abroad over Shabbat at taxpayer expense and will return to Israel on Sunday afternoon.

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