Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeDemocrats MK Efrat Rayten speaking to Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on July 1. Rayten hopes to become justice minister in the next government. Credit: Oren Ben HakoonIn only a few months, Hungary's Péter Magyar has already made major moves to undo Viktor Orbán's 'illiberal democracy.' The Democrats' MKs seem intent on doing the same, but others in Israel's opposition are more hesitantJoshua Leifer10:14 PM • July 23 2026 IDTAt the height of the mass demonstrations against the Netanyahu government's attempted judicial overhaul, Viktor Orbán's Hungary loomed as a frightening model of what could happen in Israel if the pro-democracy movement, as it called itself, were to fail. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli politicsBenjamin NetanyahuYariv LevinJudicial coupHungaryViktor OrbánIsrael Elections 2026DemocratsYair GolanCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesTrumpEisenkotMamdani-NetanyahuPalestinian AuthorityLindsey GrahamIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAre These the People Who Will Reverse the Damage Netanyahu Did to Israel?Ex-coalition MK: Lawmakers Were Ordered to Film Their Vote for PM Watchdog PickEven if Israel Ends Settler Violence, the Violence of the Occupation Will RemainEilat Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering a Migrant Worker in JerusalemIn Two-month First, Oil Tops $100 a Barrel After Houthis Strike TankersRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'