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Netanyahu courts strong-men leaders to divide and weaken EU pressure

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Published: 9 July 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

But critics say his outreach at a time of resurgent right-wing nationalism puts Israel on the wrong side of history

Does Netanyahu make Israel safer by welcoming authoritarians? (Times of Israel)
With leaders of Hungary and the Philippines due to visit Jerusalem, critics say outreach at a time of resurgent right-wing nationalism puts Israel on the wrong side of history

Splitting the EU: Israel’s tightening alliance with central Europe’s nationalist leaders (Haaretz)
Israel has been exploiting this internal, complex and delicate European dissent in recent years in order to change the way decisions about its policies are made in the EU

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Israeli intelligence firm targeted NGOs during Hungary’s election campaign (Politico)
People working for Black Cube secretly taped meetings that were then cited by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

Photo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban give a joint press conference in Budapest in July 2017 (AFP)
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