CEE Fell Out of Love with Netanyahu. How About Israel?

Public perception of Israel is changing for a reason

8 May 2026

As the war in the Middle East continues with no clear end in sight, CEE countries change their view of Israel.

In October 2026 Hungary will mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the ceremony in Budapest, only days after pledging to reverse Viktor Orbán’s June 2025 withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.

Behind the procedural tension sits a wider gap that has opened up between the Central and Eastern European countries, which have historically been Israel’s closest defenders inside the EU and the publics their governments answer to.

Fading sympathies

Different surveys have been conducted to assess Israel’s public perception in CEE. While all of them employ different methodologies and definitions, their findings are noteworthy.

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Arslan Suleymanov

Arslan Suleymanov is an Assistant Editor at Visegrad Insight. Specialising in political economy and security, Arslan graduated from Civitas University and the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw, Poland. He has written extensively on these topics for Visegrad Insight, The Poland Observer and the United Europe eV. Arslan is currently pursuing a Master's degree in International Political Economy at the Central European University in Vienna.

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