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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Source: Screenshot.

Germany, Hungary criticize ICC ruling on Israel probe

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The foreign ministers of Germany and Hungary on Tuesday criticized last week’s ruling by the International Criminal Court that Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip and eastern Jerusalem are within its jurisdiction, clearing the...
U.S. Supreme Court. Credit: Pixabay.

US Supreme Court to hear two cases related to Holocaust restitution

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on Dec. 7 related to the issue of Holocaust restitution. The court will decide if the United States has the jurisdiction, in accordance with the 1976 Foreign Sovereign...
Hannah and Giora Senesh (Szenes), 1924. Credit: National Library of Israel's Hannah Senesh Archival Collection.

Archival collection of Hannah Senesh comes to National Library of Israel

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In 1944, the Jewish, Hungarian-born paratrooper Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was parachuted into occupied Europe by the British in a desperate attempt to save Hungarian Jews from the Nazi death camps. Captured, tortured and executed...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (center) with with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó (left) and Israeli Science Technology and Space Minister Yizhar Shai. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Hungarian foreign minister in Israel for talks on Iran, Mideast peace plan

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó was in Israel on Monday for talks relating to the Iranian nuclear program and attempts to isolate Israel diplomatically, as well as to sign bilateral agreements. Discussions also focused...

May 29, 1938: Hungary enacts its first anti-Jewish law

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On May 29, 1938, Hungary enacted its first anti-Jewish law. Although the country had not been occupied or annexed by Germany, under pressure from the Nazis it began to adopt restrictions on its Jewish...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

Hungary, Austria, warn EU against ‘double standard’ on Israel

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Hungary and Austria on Wednesday warned their counterparts in the European Union against endorsing a double standard against Israel with regard to E.U. resolutions. Budapest and Vienna have consistently been the sole opponents of the...
The Hungarian Jewish community will supply tens of thousands of packages of poultry to Jewish communities in France, England, Germany and Austria In light of a growing shortage of kosher meat among European Jewish communities due to the coronavirus pandemic, April 2, 2020. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungary to supply packages of kosher poultry to Jewish communities of Europe

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In light of a growing shortage of kosher meat among European Jewish communities primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hungarian Jewish community announced on Thursday that it will begin supplying tens of thousands...
Some 200 Israelis flying home after being stranded abroad due to the coronavirUs (COVID-19) got a pre-taste of the Passover holiday in the form of boxes of round, handmade shmurah matzah, March 26, 2020. .Credit: EMIH.

200 Israelis and 74 foreign nationals arrive home from abroad due to pandemic

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A special flight with 200 Israelis who were stranded in Hungary departed on Thursday from the Hungarian capital of Budapest and arrived back to Israel. The Israelis had been unable to leave Hungary since...
Yoav Leibowitz, 25, a medical student from Netanya who has been in Budapest for the past seven months, is scheduled to return to Israel on a special flight out of Hungary on March 26, 2020. Source: Peter Szijjarto Facebook Page.

Flight slated to bring 200 Israelis in Hungary home and return foreign nationals

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A special flight bringing 200 Israelis stranded in Hungary back to Israel is scheduled to depart from the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Thursday. The Israelis have been unable to leave Hungary since the country...
Eva Szekely, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who later became a Olympic-winning swimmer. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hungarian Holocaust survivor turned Olympic gold medalist dies at age 92

Eva Szekely, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who later became an Olympics multiple award-winning swimmer, died on Feb. 29 the age of 92. During World War II, fascist militants in Hungary came to take Szekely, then 17, away...