Hungary Refuses To Pile On to Europe’s Anti-Israel Bandwagon 

In a rebuke of some of the White House’s recent Middle East missteps, Budapest stands up to the progressivist faction that favors Hamas.

Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, at Budapest, May 4, 2023. Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP

With even Prince William and rather less gently the British parliament turning up the volume of the global din over Gaza, the European Union has this week leveled an almost collective swing at Israel. Almost, because what most EU foreign ministers see as a principled stance by calling on Israel to abort an anticipated attack on Hamas holdouts at Rafah, Hungary alone sees as a misguided move at best. 

The Hungarian foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, telegraphed Hungary’s defiance of the Eurogang by abstaining from a joint declaration that stated in part, “an immediate humanitarian pause that would lead to a lasting ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and the provision of humanitarian assistance.” That statement was issued on Monday in the name of “Foreign Ministers of 26 Member-States of the European Union.” 

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