BUDAPEST — In Hungary this week, a joint conference was held with the Jewish community in collaboration with my organization, the Abraham Global Peace Initiative. The president of the community, estimated to include upwards of 100,000 people, humorously remarked to an insider: “There is no antisemitism, but there is no demand for it either.”

On the surface, antisemitic incidents in Hungary are reported by Jewish leaders to be relatively low compared with most parts of the world. Hungary’s stringent anti-immigration policies have rendered it somewhat unpopular in the short term, but history might judge these policies favourably compared with western countries that are now grappling with rampant antisemitism on campuses and hateful pro-Hamas demonstrations on the streets.