Viktor Orban

Elections polls in Hungary and the Israeli lesson - opinion

The key lesson for the Israeli public from the Hungarian elections may be that polls should be treated with considerable caution.

APRIL 16, 2026|ByORI WERTMAN

HUNGARIAN ELECTION winner Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party, speaks to the media in Budapest, on Wednesday.

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.

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.

APRIL 15, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Magyar said on Sunday that he would aim for a "pragmatic relationship" with Israel, but would not provide a blanket block of the European Union's decisions regarding Israel.

APRIL 15, 2026|ByMICHAEL STARR

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

In countries where populism is ascendant, the main political rivalry is no longer primarily between a moderate Left and a moderate Right.

APRIL 15, 2026|ByOFER KENIG

Analysis: Why do the Hungarians and Netanyahu want each other?

A lot of elements are at stake in this crucial diplomatic visit, and it wasn't smooth sailing before PM Benjamin Netanyahu set off to Budapest.

JULY 18, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Netanyahu land in Budapest

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.’

JULY 9, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE

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.

JULY 6, 2017ByREUTERS

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.

APRIL 26, 2017ByREUTERS

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."

MAY 21, 2013ByROBERT S. WISTRICH

Greece's Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos 370

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