Viktor Orban

Prime Minister Netanyahu's son speaks at Hungary's CPAC conference, praises PM Orban

On stage, Netanyahu did not hold back in praising his hosts. “We are deeply grateful for the friendship and support of Prime Minister Orban and Hungary. We have no better friends in Europe,” he said.

PARTICIPANTS WATCH and listen to a video message of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed on a screen during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at a sports and cultural centre in Budapest, Hungary, on March 21, 2026.
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa as they attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2025.

EU leaders agree on joint borrowing to fund Ukraine, set aside plan to use Russian frozen assets

 (L to R): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu andHungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban (illustration).

Hungary: How politics and familiarity can make culture more open to Jews - interview

 L to R: Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, Orban's senior advisor and Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Relations of Hungary Zoltan Kovacs.

Hungary denies report PM Viktor Orban plans to introduce presidential system


Rivlin to Orban: Neo-fascism is a danger not only to the Jewish people

As a Jewish and democratic state, Israel is responsible not only for her own citizens but for all the Jews in the world.

Hungarian Prime Minister visits Yad Vashem, July 19, 2018

Orban: Antisemitism rising in western Europe, declining in eastern Europe

The Hungarian leader said Budapest has ‘zero tolerance’ to antisemitism, and that Jews in Hungary live in security.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Hungary's controversial right-wing, anti-immigrant prime minister, Viktor Orban who is visiting Israel

Analysis: Putting the Western Wall on the itinerary for world leaders

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will be the latest leader to officially put the Western Wall on his itinerary on Friday.

The Western Wall in Jerusalem

Friend or foe?

Israel needs to watch out for itself and continue to engage with countries and leaders who can help in implementing its goal.

HUNGARY’S PRIME Minister Viktor Orban arrives for a Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels.

Viktor Orban, Hungary's controversial prime minister, set to begin Israel trip

Orban, reelected easily to a third term in April, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, as well as President Reuven Rivlin.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during Hungary's National Day celebrations in Budapest

Analysis: When realpolitik crosses the line

So where should the line be drawn? For the one and only Jewish state, antisemitism is a good place to start taking a strong stand, as is the Holocaust.

THE PERIMETER fence of Auschwitz II-Birkenau is enveloped in a thick evening fog during the ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, near Oswiecim, Poland, January 2018

Controversial Hungarian prime minister Orban to visit Israel in July

The visit will take place from July 18-20, a year after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Budapest.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2018

George Soros foundations' office to pull out of Hungary

"The government of Hungary has denigrated and misrepresented our work and repressed civil society for the sake of political gain."

George Soros.

Soros university promises no exodus from Hungary despite Orban law

Orban, a nationalist who won a third successive landslide victory in elections last month, has drawn accusations from critics at home and abroad of taking Hungary on an authoritarian path.

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 PM Orban: Israel’s friend or foe?

Despite the question marks regarding Orban’s Fidesz Party, there is no clear cut reason for Netanyahu to reject Orban’s extended hand.

Netanyahu and Orban