Marton Dunai
By Marton Dunai
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Fast Forward Orban Admits Hungary Wartime ‘Crimes’ Against Jews In Meeting With Netanyahu
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that his country stood firmly against anti-Semitism today after the “crime” of failing to protect its Jewish citizens during World War Two. Netanyahu, whose visit to Budapest has been overshadowed by Orban’s flirtation with the radical right that has unnerved Hungarian Jews, responded…
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News Hungary’s Viktor Orban Courts Far Right — With Jabs At Jews
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban long proclaimed zero tolerance of anti-Semitism but has more recently risked angering Israel and Jewish people with remarks apparently courting radical right-wing voters ahead of 2018 elections. Orban’s language, embracing notions of “ethnic homogeneity,” appears fashioned to occupy territory on the far right abandoned by the radical nationalist opposition party…
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Fast Forward Wartime Jewish Remains Buried in Hungary, a Reminder of Dark Past
Budapest (Reuters)- Miklos Heisler was 17 when the Arrow Cross Party took power in Hungary in the final years of World War Two and began a short reign of terror in which thousands of Jews, previously spared from deportation, were killed in Budapest. But Heisler was young and careless, and Arrow Cross paramilitary members caught…
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Fast Forward Nobel Laureate and Auschwitz Survivor Imre Kertesz Dies At 86
BUDAPEST – Hungarian novelist and Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, winner of the 2002 Nobel Literature Prize, died on Thursday at the age of 86 after a long illness, the state news agency MTI reported, citing his publisher. Kertesz became a Nobel laureate for works the judges said portrayed the Nazi death camps as “the ultimate…
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Fast Forward U.S. ‘Shocked’ at Hungarian Plans to Honor WWII Anti-Semite
SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary — A U.S. envoy said on Sunday Washington was shocked by plans to erect a statue of Balint Homan, who contributed to murderous anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 1930s and 40s. “From the U.S. government perspective we feel very strongly that history and the damage that this man did to Hungarian citizens who…
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Fast Forward Hungary Far Right Jobbik Leader Vows To Soften Anti-Semitic Image
(Reuters) — Hungary’s Jobbik party will leave behind its far-right origins, keep the country in the European Union and come to terms with foreign investors as it sets its sights on government, its leader said on Tuesday. Jobbik, condemned throughout Europe as anti-Semitic and racist, is now the strongest opposition party in opinion polls and…
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Fast Forward Hungary Far Right Party Pushes Back on ‘Anti-Semitic’ Charge
Hungary’s Jobbik party on Monday denied it was racist or anti-Semitic, after softening its far-right rhetoric and seizing a parliamentary seat from the ruling party in a weekend by-election amid a surge in support. Jobbik has gained support as voters drift away from mainstream parties like Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz, which is battling a…
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Fast Forward Hungary’s Far Right Jobbik Edges Toward Power
(Reuters) — The Hungarian far-right leader Gabor Vona, founder of a since disbanded paramilitary group who made a career vilifying the Roma and Jews, has cleaned up his previously hardline image. Donning smart suits, he has softened his rhetoric and is wooing the mainstream voter, rather than any marginal groups. His personal makeover reflects his…
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