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Israel: towards a transfer of the Hungarian embassy to Jerusalem

2023-03-07T16:14:38.062Z


DECRYPTION – If confirmed, this project would be a diplomatic victory for Benyamin Netanyahu offered by his ally Viktor Orban.


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Both on the Hungarian side and on the Israeli side, they refuse to give official confirmation.

But according to the Israeli sources of The Times of Israel and the Hungarians of Politico, the case is heard: Hungary will move, perhaps in the coming weeks, its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Hungary would become the first member state of the European Union to make the transfer and therefore to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.

For the time being, only Guatemala, Honduras and Kosovo have imitated the United States which, according to Donald Trump's promise, moved its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018.

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On 3 March, Peter Stano, spokesperson for the European Commission for Foreign Affairs, recalled that the EU's diplomatic position is based on a 1980 United Nations Security Council resolution. Member States to withdraw their diplomatic representations from Jerusalem, following the adoption by Israel of a basic law…

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Source: lefigaro

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