Viktor Orban

"The European Parliament and the European Commission want us to let LGBTQ activists and organizations into the kindergartens and schools. Hungary does not want that," Orban said on his Facebook page.

The move, which critics say wrongly conflates pedophilia with LGBT issues, triggered a mass rally outside parliament on Monday, while several rights groups have called on Fidesz to withdraw the bill.

The leaders discussed the exchange of green passports for tourism and shared plans to integrate the two countries into Israel's plans to build an international vaccine manufacturing corporation.

Ambassador Hadas-Handelsman called the relationship between the Orban government and Hungary's Jewish community strong.

But now, in an unusual reversal, Orban is trying to level that same accusation at the country’s largest Jewish group, Mazsihisz.

The law is part of measures taken by the Hungarian government against what it sees as unfair foreign influence, linked to its disagreements with Soros, who was born in Budapest.

The Hungarian Parliament can, in theory, rescind the legislation and roll back Orban's coronavirus coup once the public health crisis is over. But no one in their right mind expects that to happen.

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Hungary has added Israel to the list of countries it does not allow inbound travel from, in addition to China, Iran, Italy and South Korea.

The U.S. President described the Hungarian PM as “highly respected." "Probably, like me, a little bit controversial, but that’s okay," he added.