There’s Nothing Outrageous about Viktor Orban’s Visit to Israel
The only country without a right to a normal foreign policy.
July 17, 2018
The only country without a right to a normal foreign policy.
Tomorrow, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban will arrive in Israel and meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu. There and elsewhere, critics have deplored the meeting, arguing that Jerusalem should not dignify an allegedly anti-Semitic leader and his anti-democratic tendencies by hosting an official visit. Evelyn Gordon responds:
The only country without a right to a normal foreign policy.
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Boycotting, banning circumcision, and sheltering Nazis.
Tomorrow, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban will arrive in Israel and meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu. There and elsewhere, critics have deplored the meeting, arguing that Jerusalem should not dignify an allegedly anti-Semitic leader and his anti-democratic tendencies by hosting an official visit. Evelyn Gordon responds:
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