Orban promises Netanyahu he will protect Hungary's Jews

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Orbán promises Netanyahu he will protect Hungary's Jews

Israeli leader hails vow by Hungarian PM who has been accused of stoking antisemitism including over anti-Soros campaign

Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Tuesday 18 July 2017 14.55 BST

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán – who has been accused of stoking antisemitism – has greeted his Israeli counterpart with a public promise to “protect” his country’s Jewish community.

Referring to Hungary’s collaboration with the Nazis, the rightwing leader told Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in Budapest on a controversial visit: “We decided in world war two, instead of protecting the Jewish community, to cooperate with the Nazis. This will never happen again.

“I made it clear to Prime Minister Netanyahu that the government will secure the Jewish minority and that we have zero tolerance to antisemitism,” he added.

Netanyahu said Orbán had “reassured” him in unequivocal terms that the Hungarian government stood by the Jewish people, which he called “important words” coming on the back of Orbán’s recent remarks that unnerved Jews in Hungary.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/18/orban-promises-netanyahu-he-will-protect-hungarys-jews

[COLGATE4]

1. He'll protect them the same way

they did in WWII.

[Mosby]

2. +1

Bibi's lost his mind.