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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

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Brady Corbet, winner of the award for best director - motion picture for "The Brutalist," left, Adrien Brody, winner of the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture - drama for "The Brutalist," pose in the press room during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
January 6, 2025, 1:07 pm
Holocaust survivor epic ‘The Brutalist’ wins big at Golden Globes
Adrien Brody wins best actor for movie about Hungarian Jewish architect rebuilding life in US, which also takes top drama film honors; genre-shifting ‘Emilia Perez’ also reaps prizes
By Jake Coyle
Players line up prior to the kick-off at the Europa League opening phase soccer match between Besiktas and Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary, November 28, 2024. (AP/Denes Erdos)
November 29, 2024, 4:22 am
Maccabi Tel Aviv beats Turkish soccer team as match passes without incident in Hungary
With no fans in the stadium and under heavy security, club plays in Europe again after widespread violence against its supporters in Amsterdam
By AP and ToI Staff
Maccabi Tel Aviv's Israeli midfielder #09 Dor David Turgeman (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Europa League, League Phase - Matchday 3, football match between Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC and Real Sociedad at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade on October 24, 2024. (Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)
November 28, 2024, 10:34 am
Maccabi Tel Aviv to face Turkish soccer team in empty Hungarian stadium
Turkey’s Besiktas asked to move match to ‘neutral ground’ over security concerns; Hungarian authorities requiring game be held behind closed doors after attacks on fans in Amsterdam
By AP and ToI Staff
BAC Consulting CEO Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono (via LinkedIn)
September 20, 2024, 10:14 pm
CEO of company linked to Hezbollah pagers being guarded by Hungarian secret services
Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, head of BAC Consulting, has not been seen since Tuesday’s widespread explosions in Lebanon
By Justin Spike, Paolo Santalucia and Sarah El Deeb
The entrance of a building reportedly housing the Norta Global company according to company contacts, in Sofia, Bulgaria, September 19, 2024. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP)
September 20, 2024, 5:49 am
Sleuthing for origins of exploding Hezbollah pagers widens to Bulgaria and Norway
Lebanese security source says ‘it’s possible that the Mossad created a European company’ to send the devices to the terror group, which believed they were produced in Asia
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The headquarters of a Hungarian company that allegedly manufactured pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria, in Budapest, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP/Denes Erdos)
September 19, 2024, 1:23 pm
Israel didn’t tamper with Hezbollah’s exploding pagers, it made them – New York Times
Israeli spies are behind Hungarian firm BAC Consulting that supplied the devices, NYT reports; other shell companies mask ownership; Bulgaria probing another firm linked to saga
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An undated file catalog image of an Apollo pager, similar to the ones that exploded on September 17, 2024, in various cities of Lebanon and Syria, in an unprecedented attack on Hezbollah personnel. (Balkis Press / ABACAPRESS.COM / Reuters)
September 19, 2024, 3:30 am
Hungary: Exploding pagers weren’t made here, linked firm acted as trade intermediary
BAC Consulting and its CEO unable to be reached after reportedly supplying Hezbollah with beepers that detonated across Lebanon on Tuesday, in attack blamed on Israel
By Agencies
An undated file catalog image of an Apollo pager, similar to the ones that exploded on September 17, 2024, in various cities of Lebanon and Syria, in an unprecedented attack on Hezbollah personnel. (Balkis Press / ABACAPRESS.COM / Reuters)
September 18, 2024, 8:41 pm
Taiwan, Hungary deny making Hezbollah pagers, deepening mystery of their origin
Gold Apollo, Taiwanese firm identified as making model, is emphatic it did not make exploding devices; Budapest says company’s local partner has no production site in the country
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli players including midfielder #14 Gavriel Kanichowsky, right, react after the UEFA Euro 2024 group I qualification football match between Israel and Romania in Felcsut on November 18, 2023. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
November 19, 2023, 1:49 am
Romania bests Israel 2-1 for automatic qualification at Euro 2024
Israel’s only chance to qualify is in the upcoming playoffs in March, ahead of summer tournament hosted by Germany
By ToI Staff
Israel's Raz Shlomo, left, tries to block Switzerland's Ruben Vargas during the Euro 2024 group I qualifying soccer match between Israel and Switzerland at the Pancho Arena in Felcsut, Hungary, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (AP/Denes Erdos)
November 16, 2023, 2:51 am
Israel and Switzerland draw 1-1 in Euro 2024 qualifying game in Hungary
Match held in small village of around 1,900 people after all scheduled games in Tel Aviv were postponed due to war
By AP
Young refugees from Israel in a Jewish refugee camp in Balatonoszod, Hungary, November 7, 2023. (AP/Bela Szandelszky)
November 10, 2023, 1:09 pm
Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort in countryside retreat in Hungary
Originally opened to Jews fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a secluded Jewish refugee camp finds itself housing some 250 displaced Jews from the war-torn south of Israel
By Agencies
Auschwitz survivor Eva Pusztai-Fahidi from Budapest, Hungary, attends a news conference organized by the International Auschwitz Committee on the eve of a trail against SS guard Oskar Groening in Lueneburg, northern Germany, April 20, 2015. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
September 11, 2023, 11:18 pm
Prominent Hungarian Holocaust survivor, dancer Eva Fahidi dies at 97
Active in speaking about the Shoah, Fahidi wrote a memoir of her experiences and was also well-known for dance performances at the age of 90
By AFP
Regent of Hungary Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (left) with Adolf Hitler, year unspecified. (Wikimedia Commons)
September 6, 2023, 5:52 pm
Hungarian minister slammed for feting Nazi-allied WWII leader as hero and patriot
Israel says praise of Miklos Horthy, a self-described antisemite, ‘has no place in a modern Hungary’; US expresses concern over Budapest’s efforts to rehabilitate his legacy
By BELA SZANDELSZKY
Worshipers hold morning services outside the locked doors of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, July 21, 2023. (David Kelsey/JTA)
August 21, 2023, 9:51 pm
In Hungary, Orthodox Jews fight over a Chabad bailout some see as a ‘Trojan horse’
Some members of the cash-strapped MAOIH Orthodox community view the assistance by a Chabad-affiliated competitor as a takeover, while others say it’s their congregation’s lifeline
By Canaan Lidor
Israel's Inbar Lanir (blue) celebrates her victory over France's Madeleine Malonga after the final of the women's -78kg category of the Judo Masters 2023 in Budapest on August 6, 2023. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP)
August 6, 2023, 8:27 pm
Israeli judokas win gold, silver at major international contest
Inbar Lanir takes top medal after storming her way to final of 78-kilo category; Peter Paltchik comes second in men’s 100-kilo event
By ToI Staff
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