Viktor Orban

Orban’s paradox: A friend of Israel, a challenge for Jews - analysis

Orban may have been an ultra-nationalist. He may have been anti-immigration. He may have been illiberal. But he had Israel’s back. Repeatedly.

|ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands in Budapest in April 2025.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacts onstage as people applaud after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026.

Israel loses Hungary as key EU ally as Viktor Orban exits power - analysis

With Orban’s departure from power following the recent elections, Israel is waking up to a starkly different European landscape.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacts onstage as people applaud after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026.

Israel must avoid taking sides in foreign elections - opinion

During the Hungary elections, the Israeli Right and Left expressed explicit support for one side or another, including elected officials and political activists.

|ByAKIVA SPIEGELMAN
PETER MAGYAR, leader of the opposition Tisza Party, speaks during a press conference a day after the parliamentary election, in which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat, Budapest, Hungary, April 13, 2026.

Hungary, Israel share 'special relationship,' Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar says

Magyar also said that Israel was an important economic partner of Hungary, and said that he would aim for a "pragmatic relationship."

|ByTZVI JASPER

Budapest meeting

With hatred of those perceived to be different so entrenched in Hungarian society, the future is not encouraging for Jews and other “minorities” who call Hungary home.

MAY 6, 2013ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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WJC to Hungarian PM: 'Actions louder than words'

Amid rising levels of xenophobia, PM Viktor Orban tells plenum of World Jewish Congress that Jews are welcome in Hungary.

MAY 6, 2013BySAM SOKOL
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Hungary PM raps far-right, vows to protect Jews

Viktor Orban condemns call by far-right lawmaker to draw up lists of Jews "unworthy" of country, promises to eliminate discrimination.

DECEMBER 3, 2012ByREUTERS
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Hungary’s Jews anxious at far-right rise

European Jewish Congress: "Obsessive" anti-Semitism growing.

APRIL 13, 2010ByHAVIV RETTIG GUR
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