US Embassy Reacts to Anti-Semitic Case of Jobbik's Marton Gyongyosi

David Pressman, the US ambassador in Budapest, known for his active involvement in Hungary's domestic affairs, seems unfazed by the fact that that his embassy hosted an anti-Semitic politician for dinner to mark Passover Seder.

2024. 02. 08. 17:22
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20230417 Pécs Pécsre utazott David Pressman amerikai nagykövet, aki nyilvános program keretében látogatott el a Pécsi Tudományegyetemre, majd a Nemzeti Virológiai Laboratóriumba ment. Később „off the record” háttérbeszélgetést tartott. David Pressman egy Soros Györgyhöz köthető helyi alapítványt is meglátogatott. Fotó: Laufer László LL Dunántúli Napló DN A képen: David Pressman USA nagykövet a pécsi belvárosban Fotó: Laufer László
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"Thank you for your inquiry. We have no comment on the case you have outlined," the US Embassy in Budapest said, in response to our inquiry. We wondered

how the embassy would respond to the latest anti-Semitic statement by Jobbik chairman Marton Gyongyosi, who attacked Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a correspondence with anti-Jewish statements. In the leaked correspondence, the politician - whom the embassy later invited for dinner - called Hungary's prime minister a "Zionist hireling". 

 

 

Marton Gyongyosi has a history of making various remarks insulting Jews, or possibly inciting hatred against Jewish people.

However, Ambassador David Pressman, known for his active interference into Hungary's domestic affairs, appears unperturbed by Mr Gyongyosi's statements, or the fact that he had hosted such a guest for dinner.

Even though Mr Gyongyosi has been in the headlines for his anti-Semitic remarks, Ambassador Pressman believes that Jobbik's chairman has a place at the delegation's receptions. Last April, he was photographed at the embassy's Passover Seder  wearing a kippah. In response to a question from Magyar Nemzet, the US ambassador emphasized that Mr Gyongyosi was invited to the embassy's Seder event despite his previous anti-Semitic statements because it's important to have a dialogue with Hungarians of different opinions, including those with whom they disagree.

Cover photo: US Ambassador David Pressman in downtown Pecs (Photo: Laszlo Laufer)

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