Hungary will relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as part of an effort to show support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing aggressive left-wing protests over his judicial reforms.
The move will make Hungary the first member of the European Union to move its embassy to Jerusalem a move that Europe has largely resisted since President Donald Trump first moves the U.S. embassy in 2018.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is considered a close ally of Netanyahu, is also acting to shore up judicial reforms that have been likened to some of the reforms that he has instituted in his own country.Hungary will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem next month, apparently in a special gesture to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban.
The Israeli reforms aim to create stronger checks and balances to rein in courts that have become bastions of left-wing power, and which critics say has usurped the authority of the legislature and executive in recent years.existing practices in the U.S. and elsewhere. However, the Israeli left has launched a series of increasingly aggressive protests as it accuses Netanyahu of attempting to foment a “coup.”Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, from leaving a hair salon. She had to be rescued by police.
The protests in Israel: hundreds of protesters are closing in on the barbershop in Tel Aviv where the Prime Minister's wife Sara Netanyahu is and are not allowing her to leave
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