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Márton Gyöngyösi is vice chairman of Hungary's parliamentary foreign affairs committee and head of international affairs for the Jobbik party. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2018, 9:19 am
Jobbik leader says Jews should trust the radical Hungarian party’s ‘rebranding’
Márton Gyöngyösi, who himself once said Israel was 'running on a 'Nazi system,' insists ahead of Hungary's contentious elections that his party is no longer racist
By Yaakov Schwartz
Smoke from an airport towing tug at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport on March 23, 2018, which panicked passenger on a flight taxiing for takeoff to Tel Aviv and prompted cabin crew to open the doors to deploy the emergency chutes. Dikla Abitbul, 38, fell from an open door onto the tarmac, sustaining serious injuries.
April 4, 2018, 9:16 pm
Israeli woman who fell out of plane in Budapest flown back to Israel
Mother of two Dikla Abitbul, 38, seriously injured after falling onto tarmac, transferred to Beilinson Hospital for continued treatment
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video showing an airliner after passengers evacuated due to smoke in the cabin, Budapest, Hungary, March 23, 2018. (YouTube)
March 27, 2018, 9:13 pm
Israeli woman fighting for life after falling out of plane door
Dikla Abitbul fell to the tarmac as passengers on flight leaving Budapest for Tel Aviv panicked, tried to escape, when taxiing plane filled with smoke
By Stuart Winer
Regent of Hungary Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (left) with Adolf Hitler, year unspecified (Wikimedia Commons)
January 25, 2018, 4:58 pm
Hungary church scraps mass for Nazi ally on International Holocaust Day
Main Hungarian Jewish group said planned participation of ruling party lawmaker at event 'tramples on the memory of all the Hungarian victims'
By AFP
Actress and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN)
January 9, 2018, 8:41 am
Oprah Winfrey would probably be a pro-Israel president
The media personality's positive relationship with Jewish leaders and the Jewish state stretches back at least a decade
By Ben Sales
Charles Zentai (YouTube screenshot)
December 22, 2017, 11:04 pm
Man tied to 1944 murder of Jewish teen in Budapest dies at 96
Australia's Charles Zentai was detained in 2009 after Hungary demanded his extradition in the case, but the request was denied by local authorities
By JTA
Rabbi Slomo Koves, right, and a participant at Chabad Hungary's 2015 Hanukkah on Ice event take selfies at Budapest's City Park Ice Rink, December 6, 2015. (Courtesy of EMIH/via JTA)
December 17, 2017, 5:47 am
In Budapest, Hanukkah comes out of the shadows and onto the ice rink
In a post-socialist society, a public menorah lighting bridges gaps between Jews young and old, secular and religious
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Dohany Synagogue (Aaron Kalman)
December 8, 2017, 11:33 am
Budapest’s Dohany Street Synagogue to receive European heritage status
Commission says 158-year-old house of worship, birthplace of Neolog Judaism, 'symbolizes European ideals, values, history and integration'
By JTA
Thom Yorke, lead singer of British rock band Radiohead, brought by Naranjah to performin Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park on July 19, 2017, responded vehemently last summer to attempts by the BDS movement encouraging Radiohead to cancel (Courtesy)
July 20, 2017, 3:15 pm
Creeps, bleeps, and sweeps
From Radiohead to German submarines to Temple Mount security screening, the Hebrew-language media has a tough time deciding which story deserves top coverage
By Adiv Sterman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting on July 9, 2017. (Ohad Zweigenberg/Flash90)
July 20, 2017, 1:43 pm
Security cabinet to meet over Temple Mount tensions
Some 8,000 rally in Tel Aviv over anti-gay discrimination in adoption; Erdogan urges removal of Temple Mount metal detectors
By TOI staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the garden of Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
July 20, 2017, 1:45 am
Decrying ‘betrayal,’ Hungary Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them
Highlighting rare chilly reception, community leaders ask why Israeli PM focused speech at Budapest JCC on bilateral ties instead of addressing their concerns about anti-Semitism, status for non-Orthodox
By Raphael Ahren
An anti-Soros billboard, with a swastika and Soros's name replaced by Viktor Orban's, seen in Budapest on July 17, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
July 17, 2017, 11:56 am
With Netanyahu set to arrive, swastika-daubed Soros posters still up in Budapest
Campaign deemed anti-Semitic had reportedly been slated for removal ahead of Netanyahu trip to Hungary, but at least 6 billboards still on view; government says issue technical
By Raphael Ahren and AFP
Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu boarding a plane to Uganda at Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 4, 2016. Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2017, 10:49 pm
Netanyahu departs for 5-day trip to France and Hungary
After a day in Paris, PM controversially set to head to Budapest, for a series of meetings with PM Viktor Orban
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boards a plane to go on an official state visit to Poland, on June 12, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)
July 14, 2017, 6:56 am
In visiting Hungary, critics say, Netanyahu puts realpolitik ahead of ties with local Jews
Traveling to Budapest next week, Israel's prime minister will be seen as embracing a government accused of promoting anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boards a plane to go on an official state visit to Poland, on June 12, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)
July 13, 2017, 5:27 pm
Netanyahu to cut European trip short by a day
PM delays outgoing flight to late Saturday night; office does not explain change of plan, announced as he denied any role in escalating corruption probes
By Raphael Ahren
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