ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE

Jerusalem is reporting Orbán's political reversal with the professional neutrality of a country that loses a reliable partner but has never placed all its eggs in one basket. The Jerusalem Post notes matter-of-factly that Orbán called Magyar to congratulate him after partial results put Tisza on course for a supermajority. The article contains no analysis of consequences for Israel — a conspicuous absence. Orbán was a vocal Israeli supporter within the EU, regularly blocking critical resolutions. His political setback reshapes dynamics at the European Council, where Hungary will no longer serve as a diplomatic shield for Jerusalem. But Israel, engaged in its own conflict in Lebanon and confrontation with Iran, simply lacks the bandwidth to worry about Hungary this Sunday. The Jerusalem Post's terseness reflects a hierarchy of urgencies: the Strait of Hormuz comes before Budapest.