Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with visiting Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto on Monday. At the meeting, Netanyahu thanked Szijjarto for expressing opposition to the recent European Union decision to label products made in Judea and Samaria, east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. "Thanks for the strong statement you made against labeling; it's the right position and the moral position, and we appreciate it," Netanyahu told Szijjarto. "It is irrational and does not contribute to a solution [to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict], but causes damage," Szijjarto said. At their meeting, Szijjarto briefed Netanyahu on challenges facing Europe, including the mass influx of migrants from the Middle East. Additionally, the two discussed "the security needs of their respective countries in the face of the dramatic changes taking place in the Middle East and Europe," a Prime Minister's Office statement said. Szijjarto also gave Netanyahu a gift -- a soccer ball signed by the late Hungarian soccer great Ferenc Puskas.
Credit: Government Press Office
Speaking to the Israel Council on Foreign Relations on Monday, Szijjarto called the EU move "an inefficient instrument."
