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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during his visit to the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 20, 2018
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has completed his controversial trip to Israel with a visit to the Western Wall on Friday, the most sacred site of Judaism in East Jerusalem , the annexed part of the city
With a black hat in the honor of the Jewish tradition that forces men to cover their heads, Orban, accompanied by Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, slips a note in the one of the cracks. Usually, they have written prayers or vows
The Prime Minister arrived on Wednesday night and defended against the charge of encouraging anti-Semitism in his country with the campaign against the Jewish millionaire of Hungarian origin George Soros
. "Hungary has a zero-tolerance policy with anti-Semitism," said Orban, who met with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.
"You have defended Israel many times in international forums, we are grateful". Netanyahu
In December, Hungary abstained in the UN vote condemning the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Netanyahu pointed out that Hungary was spending millions of euros for the renovation of synagogues. 19659009] Orban broke with the protocol by which European leaders meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when they travel to Israel and do not go to Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
On Thursday, the protesters briefly blocked the Orban convoy at the Yad Vashem exit, monument in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem, and called it "dictator" [19659016] Neuer Inhalt
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