Netanyahu joins far right at campaign event for Orban (of course)
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Officially Israeli boycotts the far right parties, AfD (Germany) and FPO (Austria) and even the mainstream Jewish communities in Austria and Germany consider these parties to be antisemitic. This, of course, did not stop Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking alongside representatives from those Parties at Victor Orban’s campaign rally to be reelected as Prime Minister of Hungary. Of course, Netanyahu (and many others) have been more than happy to have backing for the Israeli State and its heinous actions towards the Palestinians from those on the right and far right. Netanyahu is more than content to ignore their antisemitism, let alone their Islamophobia, which is further proof, if that were needed, that Israel does not have the interests of Jews at its centre but the interests of the State.
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This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Sun 11 Jan 2026. Read the original here.
Netanyahu Joins Germany's AfD, Far-right Europeans in Backing Orbán as Hungary Campaign Begins
The AfD and Austria’s FPÖ are boycotted by Israel over their antisemitic roots and members. Launching an uphill re-election bid, Orbán invited international far-right allies to his illiberal Fidesz party convention, where he denounced the EU as an ‘enemy of European Christian civilization’
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The worse part of this scenario is that Hungarian Jewish bodies and most Hungarian Jews support Orban because of his frienship with Netanyahu and his support for Israel. Previously Hungarian Jews used to vote against Orban because of his antisemitism. However, having been brainwashed that Israel is essentail for Jewish survival (regardless of any atrocities it commits), they appreciate Orban’s frequent anti-Palestinian comments. Orban banned any pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Hungary and claims that, in Europe, Hungary is the only country where Jews are safe. I am doing my best to convince Budapest Jews of Orban’s ludicrous lies but, heart-breakingly, so far I only suceeded in losing Budapest Jewish friends…to them I am a traitor.
Orban speaks of “European Christian civilization”, implying that Jewish people have contributed nothing to European culture. Netanyahu is happy to support such a man, yet anyone who implies that Zionism is indifferent to human rights is labelled by his government as antisemitic.
Eighty years ago, Orwell analysed the nationalist mindset, and its ability to hold contradictory opinions, in ‘Notes on nationalism’. That essay that seems more relevant than ever today. “A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage – torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians – which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.”
The words might have been written yesterday.