JEWISH WORLD: Renewing a synagogue is always a good thing. It cannot be made for the occasional tourist or even streams of tourists, who are not the ones to stay and keep the community going.
Once the move has gone ahead Hungary will be the first EU nation to have moved its embassy to Israel's capital Jerusalem.
Representatives of Chabad have repeatedly rejected the allegation of a takeover of the Budapest synagogue.
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The makeup of the judicial selection committee is an issue that is still on the table, officials say.
To maintain its ranking as the 29th country in the Economist Democracy Index, Israel must consider which relationships it prioritizes and what domestic agenda it promotes.
A Foreign Ministry official called the condemnation an "attack on the Hungarian government."
Stoltenberg declined to give a date for when Sweden's accession would be ratified by the Turkish parliament, the grand national assembly, which would decide on the exact timing.
It is no secret that since its foundation, Israel’s democracy has been faulty in various aspects some resulting from the occasional clash between Jewish religious principles and those of democracy.