Any leader with whom the Israeli P.M. has warm relations is fair game for denigration by the punditocracy; and Hungary is the protest movement's pet peeve
(April 6, 2025 / JNS) When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that he would be flying to Hungary, I received a call from an outraged friend.
“We’re in the midst of a war, with 59 hostages still in Gaza” she said, seething. “And Bibi has nothing better to do than take Sara on a jaunt to Europe for their anniversary?”
Apparently, this is how the excursion was initially portrayed by the Israeli TV channel she watches religiously. Never mind that the state visit in and of itself was highly significant and would turn out to have important global repercussions.