Israeli flag burned in front of Budapest synagogue

Izraelska zastava spaljena ispred si nagoge u Budimpešti

October 24, 2012

BUDAPEST, Hungary (JTA) -- An Israeli flag was burned in front of a Budapest synagogue reportedly by members of Jobbik, an ultrarightist Hungarian political party.

Izraelska zastava je spaljena ispred budimpeštanske sinagoge od strane člana ultradesničarske mađarske političke partije Jobbik. Incident u utorak se dogodio u centralnom donjogradskom dijelu glavnog grada. Član Jobbika je ponovno učestvovao u događanjima  pozivajući se na mađarsku antikomunističku revoluciju 1956.

Izraelski ambasador u Mađarskoj, Ilan Mor, pojavio se na liberalnom programu TV i tražio da " mađarske demookratske snage trebaju odbaciti takav neprihvatljiv anti-izraelski akt i kriticizam. 

Israel's ambassador to Hungary, Ilan Mor, appearing Tuesday on the liberal opposition’s Hungarian television program on the ATV channel, demanded that "Hungarian democratic forces should refuse this unacceptable anti-Israeli act and criticism."

Jobbik leader Gabor Vona as part of the revolt's commemoration criticized any cooperation between Hungary and Israel, saying the "agreement between Hungary and Israel should be canceled.”