Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy and Energy Security, said that if putting Israel in the middle of a bull's-eye were accepted as normal, then setting the Jewish people in the middle of the bull's eye would also be considered normal, and the Hungarian government rejects both.
Sztáray told an event marking the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust that since the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, the activities of countries and players representing anti-Israeli rhetoric had intensified. He said that Hungary is against the sanctions proposals, legal proceedings, advisors' opinions and arrest warrants, or anything that could make Israel's position more difficult.
Sztáray said the diplomatic and legal attacks against Israel opened the door for anti-Semitism and physical attacks.
Andor Grósz, head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (MAZSIHISZ), said the Holocaust was not only about the grief of survivors and a transgenerational trauma, but also about a future taken away.