Watching Israel ‘at home’ in Hungary, a team aiming for Euro 2024 amid the backdrop of war
New York TimesIf only for a short time, this was back to being a story of sport and its fine, agonising margins. “It’s not easy, I will not lie,” said Eran Zahavi, Israel’s record goalscorer who has come out of international retirement to feature in this sequence of games. Viktor Orban, Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, has been a long-standing ally of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Pancho Arena, built under his instructions nine years ago, neighbours one of his rural retreats. The same extended to Felcsut, where a huge police operation was set up around the Pancho Arena once Israel’s squad arrived at 4am on Monday following a flight straight out of Pristina. “Israeli athletes have good experiences in Hungary, the sports facilities are excellent and Hungarians always organise similar events at a high level,” Yacov Hadas-Handelsman, Israel’s ambassador to Hungary, told reporters.
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