Viktor Orban

Netanyahu, Hungary’s PM-elect Peter Magyar hold first call, pledge continued close ties

Magyar invited the Israeli premier to a ceremony marking 70 years since the Hungarian Uprising, while Netanyahu invited him to a government-to-government meeting in Jerusalem.

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.
Election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party looks on, on the day of a meeting with Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok after the parliamentary election, at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, April 15, 2026.

Hungarian Jewish community extend olive branch to Magyar, including Orban allies

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 on Monday.

Orban’s defeat: A sign of things to come? - opinion

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.

Viktor Orban will always be the man who kept Hungary’s Jews safe - opinion


Is Hungary's anti-Soros campaign antisemitic? Even Israelis can't decide

Posters distributed across Hungary attack the Jewish billionaire. Israeli envoy to Budapest says antisemitic images ‘sow hatred and fear.’

Hungarian government poster portraying financier George Soros and saying "Don't let George Soros have the last laugh" is seen at a tram stop in Budapest, Hungary

Hungarian Jews ask PM Orban to end 'bad dream' of antisemitism

Some Soros billboards, which are part of Orban's campaign against migration and foreign influence, have been defaced with the words "stinking Jew" in magic marker.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the 14th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest May 5, 2013

Soros University under threat by Hungarian authorities

European Union sues Budapest over new law that seeks to close institution founded by liberal Jewish-American financier and philanthropist.

Students bear a banner that says ‘CEU now, but who’s next?’ during a protest against the Hungarian government’s plan to shut down a local university founded by George Soros

How not to fight anti-Semitism

"In eastern Europe, the uniqueness of the Holocaust has been blurred through a misleading equation of Nazism with Communist tyranny."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hungary’s Jews anxious at far-right rise

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

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