In Orban’s rule, Israelis saw a model for their own country. Will he also be one in defeat?
Some Israelis are taking inspiration from the Hungarians, who picked a former ally to succeed their longtime head of state
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Opinion Winds of change are in the air in Hungary and at the Vatican. Will they reach as far as Israel?
Viktor Orban's defeat and Pope Leo's homilies promise a return to common decency that Benjamin Netanyahu is still resisting
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Fast Forward Hungary’s Viktor Orban loses to Peter Magyar, ending rule of a key Netanyahu ally in Europe
Magyar is a conservative who has not commented prominently on Israel
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Opinion My father was in the Hungarian resistance. Orbán’s defeat reminds us why it mattered
Resistance is always possible, even in situations that seem impossibly bleak
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Opinion Viktor Orbán may fall. Netanyahu should be next
What Israel has to learn from Hungary's pending election
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Opinion Hungary is poised to topple an authoritarian leader. American Jews have something to learn
Viktor Orbán has employed antisemitism to sustain his power in a way the Trump administration is trying to mimic
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Opinion Trump’s crusade against Columbia is ripped straight from Hungary’s anti-Soros playbook
Viktor Orbán went after a university founded by George Soros in ways that now look awfully familiar
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Opinion Why do Trump and Netanyahu hate liberal Jews and cozy up to antisemites?
For the former US president and current Israeli prime minister, any friend of nationalism is a friend of theirs
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