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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 653

Israel-Hungary relations

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary, April 3, 2025. (AP/Denes Erdos)
April 17, 2025, 1:21 am
ICC demands Hungary explain why it didn’t enforce Netanyahu arrest warrant
International Criminal Court cites Rome Statute authorizing proceedings against noncooperative party states; Budapest said during PM’s visit that it would withdraw from the ICC
By Nava Freiberg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his wife Sara prepare to board a plane in Budapest on their way to Washington DC on April 6, 2025 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
April 6, 2025, 3:54 pm
Praising Hungary’s support in global forums, Netanyahu heads to DC for talks with Trump
PM says he’ll discuss tariffs, Gaza war, hostages at White House on Monday; doesn’t mention thwarting iran nuclear program; hails Orban for backing Israel in EU, UN, ‘corrupt’ ICC
By Lazar Berman
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are greeted by a military honor guard on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
April 3, 2025, 11:47 pm
Netanyahu, in Budapest, lauds Orban’s withdrawal from ‘corrupt, rotten’ ICC
Hungarian and Israeli leaders speak with President Trump about move; Budapest rolls out red carpet for PM as Orban backs Jerusalem’s right to self-defense against Hamas
By Lazar Berman
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are greeted by a military honor guard on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
April 3, 2025, 12:39 pm
Hungary announces withdrawal from ICC as Netanyahu arrives for state visit
Hungarian PM invited Netanyahu day after court issued warrant for his arrest; Budapest says while it ratified statute that formed body, it ‘was never made part of Hungarian law’
By Lazar Berman, Reuters and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara board Wing of Zion for their trip to Hungary, April 2, 2025. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
April 2, 2025, 8:34 pm
Defying ICC, Netanyahu flies to Hungary, which is expected to quit court during visit
Trump ally Viktor Orban has vowed not to act on international arrest order against Israeli leader, who is expected to meet unnamed foreign official during days-long visit
By Lazar Berman
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, February 19, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/File)
March 30, 2025, 7:44 pm
Defying ICC arrest warrant, Netanyahu to visit Hungary this week
Prime minister expected to discuss controversial US Gaza rehabilitation plan with Orban, who has vowed not to act on international arrest order against Israeli leader
By Lazar Berman
EMIH chief rabbi Shlomo Koves, center left, meets with Hungarian Education Minister Balazs Hanko, center right, in Budapest on February 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 18, 2025, 4:26 am
Hungary’s Education Ministry approves new university-level Jewish studies program
The EMIH-run Milton Friedman University in Budapest will offer undergraduate and graduate programs, with the MA track available online in English for international students
By ToI Staff
Passengers alight from a Ryanair flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
October 9, 2024, 11:44 pm
European aviation regulator lifts recommendation to avoid Israeli airspace
Transportation Minister Miri Regev claims credit for move; not yet clear if airlines will resume service to Israel amid escalating conflict in the region
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this August 3, 2014, photo, an armed Israeli drone circles over Gaza City. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
August 18, 2023, 6:59 pm
Hungary to produce combat drones in cooperation with Israel and Germany
Orban: ‘If I heard about a country that produces and develops military technology together with Germans and Israelis, I would think twice about messing with them’
By BELA SZANDELSZKY
Participants march during the 28th Budapest Pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, July 15, 2023. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)
July 16, 2023, 5:32 pm
Israel refuses to sign joint statement slating Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ laws – report
Foreign Ministry official quoted saying Jerusalem seeking to avoid ‘attack’ on allied government; Lapid says coalition ‘taken hostage by extremist minority of fanatics’
By ToI Staff and AP
Gergely Gulyas, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, interviewed in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
June 16, 2023, 4:51 am
In Israel, top Orban aide says Russian aggression violates international law
Hungary’s Gergely Gulyas, minister in PM’s office, meets Netanyahu and Dermer, as rumors swirl of embassy move
By Lazar Berman
File: MK Karine Elharrar arrives for the opening session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing Jun 15: And the winners are… MK Karine Elharrar – and PM Netanyahu?
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on the stormy vote for the Judicial Selection Committee, and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a ‘mini-agreement’ with Iran
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 1:16 pm
Daily Briefing June 14: Fateful voting day in Knesset for judicial picks
Knesset correspondent Tal Schneider discusses choosing MKs for Judicial Selection Committee; Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor looks at Lithuanian PM speech and Hong Kong eruv
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Budapest, May 31, 2023. (Israeli Embassy in Hungary)
June 1, 2023, 7:07 pm
Hungary denies it’s decided to move embassy to Jerusalem
After FM Eli Cohen says announcement coming in matter of weeks, Budapest — seemingly caught off-guard — tempers expectations
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 10:50 pm
FM Cohen headed to Hungary next week, with Orban meeting in the works
Top diplomat to also visit Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia on Europe tour; Budapest has been called model for proposed judicial overhaul
By Lazar Berman
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