Hungarian foreign minister visits Israel, discusses Iranian file - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Jul 21, 2020

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto (L) and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi greet each other with an elbow bump during their meeting in Jerusalem, on July 20, 2020. — Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool - RTS17ITZ

Anti-Semitism abroad serves Netanyahu's plan

Akiva Eldar

Houses in the Israeli settlement of settlement of Kedumim are seen in the foreground as part of the Palestinian city of Nablus is seen in the background (far left) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 20, 2020. Picture taken February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC2R7F9HN66O

European allies of Israel against Hezbollah, but also against annexation

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi speaks during a news conference with his UAE Foreign Minister counterpart and German Foreign Minister following their historic meeting at Villa Borsig in Berlin, on October 6, 2020. (Photo by HANNIBAL HANSCHKE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s Ashkenazi on diplomatic blitz against ICC ruling

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Prime Ministers of (L to R) Czech Republic Andrej Babis, Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hungary Viktor Orban, bump elbows during a joint press conference in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2021. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu holds second vaccine summit with leaders of Hungary, Czech Republic

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs