VIDEO: People demonstrate against visit of Hungarian minister in Jerusalem

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Gergely Gulyás in Jerusalem. Source: Facebook/Gulyás Gergely

On Wednesday, Gergely Gulyás, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, visited Jerusalem. In the city, demonstrators protested against his presence with loud whistles and shouts. The people gathered fear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform plan will create a system similar to Hungary’s. They want to avoid that as much as possible.

On Wednesday, Gergely Gulyás was giving an interview at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem when 25-30 people appeared in front of the building. They were protesting loudly against the Hungarian politician’s presence, the Jerusalem Post reported. A video of the demonstration was also made. In the recording, you can clearly hear that they tried to disrupt the visit of the politician to Jerusalem with whistles and shouts.

“I’m demonstrating for our democracy; here, there is a representative of the Hungarian government, which for us represents the most anti-democratic regime in Europe, one of the most anti-democratic,” Jack Corcos, one of the protestors, is quoted by the Jerusalem Post. “We are very worried, because we don’t want the same to happen here.”

Meanwhile, Gergely Gulyás said during the interview that there is no question that the Hungarian government is functioning democratically. He stressed that he stands up for Hungary’s justice system, which is often criticised. He added that he believes Hungary, like Israel, is often criticised too harshly and isolated, Telex reports, citing the Israeli news portal.

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